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. -.bill.layer.- .-frogtown.mn.usa.- .-afghanistan.only.a.ruse- -.bomb.enron.now-.