> Richard decided that's how devfs will work (r-x on symlinks). Normally
> symlinks are always rwx, but Richard made the decision "to break
> programs that oughtn't depend on this" as far as I can tell.
His symlinks are broken yes
> > Therefore the pcm and mixer devices are not accessible for writing.
Note I changed these to be owner only. You cannot default stuff like pcm
to general access its not secure. It is the job of PAM to assign devices
to console users.
> Are you sure? As I understand symlinks, the permissions of the symlink
> don't matter.
In theory
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