ref: Subject: Is SELinux resetting permissions?

[Anne Wilson]

On Sunday 26 February 2006 15:02, Don Bedsole wrote:
> Hi Anne,
> See if this helps.  It was posted a while back.
Hi, Don.

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>////////////////// Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 08:32:53 +0000
> From: James Wilkinson <fedora at westexe.demon.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: chmod
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Message-ID: <20060209083253.GA4043 at westexe.demon.co.uk>
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> gary wrote:
> > In a attempt to get audacity running again (now I get i/o errors
> > in user mode) I decided change permissions on /dev/dsp from 600
> > to 660 to see what effect that would have on my audacity problem.
> > Each time I leave root, /dev/dsp reverts back to 600.
> >
> > Why can't I change permissions on /dev/dsp?
>
> How are you becoming root? Are you logging in, or using su - from a
> terminal?
>
> I suspect you're logging in. This is generally considered a Bad Idea,
> because mistakes made while root are potentially more serious (they can
> do more damage), so it makes sense to limit the time spent as root.
>
It depends on what I'm doing, but sometimes I do it from kdesu konqueror and 
sometimes from a root terminal (kde root terminal equates to su -).  I never 
log in as root.

Thanks for thinking of it, though.

Anne
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