On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 07:19:09AM +0530, Sridhar M.A. wrote:
> 
> I have downloaded and compiled links browser with support for 
> frame buffer devices. When I tried to run as user, obviously, 
> I got an error regarding permissions. When I checked /dev/fb0, 
> it had only write permission for 'others'. Just to check whe-
> ther thr  program would  run, I changed  the  permissions  on 
> /dev/fb0 to o+r. The program now runs. But, does the changing 
> of the permissions create problems elsewhere (security, etc)?
> 

The default ownerships/ permissions for /dev/fb0 is as follows:

crw-rw-rw-   1 root     tty       29,   0 Apr 21  1999 /dev/fb0

This is as per the MAKEDEV script and kernel docs.  Changing it
to 666 is unlikely to have any effect.

> BTW, links with graphics support is very good even on console.
>

Agreed here. This is my default browser for 90% of net work !
The current w3m is also very good for console. 

Bish
 
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o"-rw-r--r--" (-) normal file   o"drwxrwxrwt" (d) directory
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o"crw-r-----" (c) character device

FIFO, block and character devices are created by mknod command

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