8 Feb
2018
8 Feb
'18
6:39 a.m.
On Wed, 7 Feb 2018, Arthur Krewat wrote:
My understanding is that udev is an elaboration on
devfs on Linux that
includes a rules engine that supports things like assigning set names to
specific devices, setting permissions, group/user ownership and the
like. [...]
Thanks for that; I only have the Penguin for porting porpoises, not for
daily use. I write stuff on the Mac (because the USB ports are right in
front of me), test it on a known reliable server like FreeBSD, then go and
see what the penguins have broken this time...[*]
[*]
Yes, I do have a certain amount of contempt for a userbase that blithely
ignores and rewrites history to the utter exclusion of Unix, such as over
on Wikipedia where they claimed that they were the first to use "/dev/fb"
to access the frame buffer; I've since corrected that arrant nonsense.
--
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will
suffer."