Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Wed, 5 Mar 2003 17:08:08 -0600 (CST) | From | Patrick Mochel <> | Subject | Re: sysfs mount point permissions in 2.5.64 |
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On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Douglas Gilbert wrote:
> In lk 2.5.64 on my i386 box the sysfs mount point > ( "/sys") changes permission from: > drwxr-xr-x > to > drw-r--r-- > during the boot process. I didn't notice this feature > in lk 2.5.63 . Chmodding the directory back to its former > permissions get overridden by subsequent boot sequences. > > This change in permissions inhibits non-root users from using > utilities that scan sysfs for information (e.g. lsscsi). > > Is this a feature or otherwise?
This is certainly not intended, and is entirely my fault. The patch below should fix it.
-pat
===== fs/sysfs/mount.c 1.5 vs edited ===== --- 1.5/fs/sysfs/mount.c Tue Mar 4 12:17:14 2003 +++ edited/fs/sysfs/mount.c Wed Mar 5 17:06:25 2003 @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ sb->s_op = &sysfs_ops; sysfs_sb = sb; - inode = sysfs_new_inode(S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR); + inode = sysfs_new_inode(S_IFDIR | S_IRWXU | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO); if (inode) { inode->i_op = &simple_dir_inode_operations; inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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