Probably not linuxconf as the 1st thing I do is rpm -e linuxconf and I am
having similar probs.
JW
On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Eric Rahmig wrote:
> On 4 Oct 99, at 17:51, R. David Whitlock wrote:
>
> > Whenever I reboot my Mandrake 6.0 system, the permissions on several
> > important files change from 666 to 600 so that other users are unable to
> > use them. Each time I reboot, I have to change them back.
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm not 100% sure of this, but I think linuxconf is doing this at boot
> time. It keeps a list of certain files for which it will verify the
> permissions. You could try going into linuxconf and telling it that
> you want the permissions on /dev/audio and /dev/dsp to be 666.
> Unfortunately, I can't tell you the exact menu sequence to traverse
> since I don't currently have access to my Mandrake machine.
> Look for a menu item with "file permissions" in the description.
>
> Can anyone confirm that it is linuxconf doing this or whether I'm
> giving totally bogus advice?
>
> Eric
>
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