[PATCH] devpts: change the default value of devpts mode to 0620

From: Wei Yongjun
Date: Fri May 15 2009 - 04:17:27 EST


The value of devpts mode is usually set to 620 in file
/etc/fstab like this:

$grep devpts /etc/fstab
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0

But the default mode value of devpts is 0600. Why not
set it to 0620? This patch change it 0620.

Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yjwei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/devpts/inode.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/devpts/inode.c b/fs/devpts/inode.c
index 13392b5..33430b9 100644
--- a/fs/devpts/inode.c
+++ b/fs/devpts/inode.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@

#define DEVPTS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x1cd1

-#define DEVPTS_DEFAULT_MODE 0600
+#define DEVPTS_DEFAULT_MODE 0620
/*
* ptmx is a new node in /dev/pts and will be unused in legacy (single-
* instance) mode. To prevent surprises in user space, set permissions of
--
1.5.3.8

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