2008/043 [Phase 1 of OSS for Solaris]

[Milan Jurik]

Hi Freeman,

Freeman.Liu at Sun.COM píše v st 23. 01. 2008 v 10:48 +0800:

> >When you say that only the root user can access /dev/dsp, do you mean
> >to say that the underlying device file is owned by root and has
> >permission 600?  Or does the device's driver make explicit permission
> >checks?
> >  
> >
> It is owned by root and has permission 600.
> 

I know the external oss package can be "ignored", but today oss
instalation gives permissions 666 to /dev/dsp

What is the reason to "hide" it? It can be considered as regression
against the actual situation, when this interface is widely known,
stable and used.

Best regards,

Milan