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From: Luke Yelavich <themuso@themuso.com>
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Subject: Re: Permissions for /dev/softsynth
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On Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 11:12:00AM EST, Chris Norman wrote:
> Could you not just use chown?

You could, but if the mechanics to set such permissions are available at 
the kernel/udev level, one is better off using them, as the correct 
permissions are set, as soon as the device node/proc interface is 
created.
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