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Re: Fun with devices [was: Re: /dev/tcx0 crashes SunOS 4.1.4 on


From: strange () TEZCAT COM (Mike Scher)
Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 22:24:04 -0500


On Wed, 21 May 1997, Walter Hafner wrote:

Since we're speaking of devices: Ever tried the 'cat /dev/zero >
/dev/keyboard' on a SunOS machine? :-) No special rights required. I
didn't try it lately, but anything from a Sparc1 to a Sparc10 under
SunOS is dead.

Hmm.

ls -al /dev/kbd
crw-------  1 root      29,   0 May 13  1995 /dev/kbd


In your /etc/fbtab make sure you have the keyboard set to 0600 permission
under the line:


# Uncomment the following entries to enable window system security
/dev/console    0600    /dev/kbd:/dev/mouse




Probably you want to uncomment them all.

      -M

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