On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 21:10:44 +0100
Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:

> I need to change permissions of /dev/v4l.  As su I can chown, chgrp 
> and chmod, the ls shows the new values.  If I log out and in again 
> they are back to what they were before.  Why?  It can't be security, 
> because I'm changing the owner to root.

msec.

it doesn't *like* you to mess with file perms outside of your home dir,
mostly.

http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/secure/smsec.html

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