On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 08:03:53 -0600
Ben Stallings <Ben at Workscited.Net> wrote:

> Then there's the other unexplained phenomenon in the Bermuda Triangle of
my > /dev directory.  If I want to hotsync my Handspring Visor, which uses
a USB > cradle, I have to manually create /dev/ttyUSB0 and /dev/ttyUSB1
and give them > appropriate rw permissions.  Then, after I use them, they
disappear.  

Yeah, and while we're at it, can someone please explain the Mystery of the
Changing Permissions in the /dev/ tree of RedHat based systems? Many perms
seem to change based on who is logged in on some console / terminal.. like
ownership of dsp, mixer and certain disk devices.

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