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SCO UNIX changing default dev permission

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by scottk

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When you enable /devtty1* or /dev/tty2* the default permissions are set to: crw-------

You can change those with chmod, but when you disable and enable it again they default back to: crw-------

How do you change those default permissions. I have been told there is a file you can edit, but I don't know what the file name is.

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by bowieb

According to SCO's website, those permissions are set to conform to security specs and shouldn't need to be changed. See this webpage:
http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_reference?106210.shtml

There are a set of permissions in /etc/perms/rtsmd (in SCO 3.2v4.2), but they will only be used when you run fixperm and the enable command will change it back to 600 for you.

Is this causing a problem for you? Perhaps if you described the problem, I could help you find away around it.

by johan

In SCO's /etc/default directory there are a lot of default settings for various devices. Look around in it. This might give you the answer

by roger.gibson

I had the same problem. I solved it by creating a file in the /etc/rc2.d directory that sets it up automatically. I haven't had to mess with it since I did this.

I created a file called Schmodtty2A. Below are the contents:
#
# set permissions and ownership for use by the remote login
#
#
chmod 666 /dev/tty2A
chown bin:terminal /dev/tty2A

Hope this helps.

by conrad

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