Re: ✘Input device permissions

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Hal!

On Mon, 13 Apr 2020 19:16:24 -0700
Hal Murray <address@hidden> wrote:

> address@hidden said:
> >> Is this a good reminder to fix that stuff so readers are read
> >> only?  
> > What read-only readers do you refer to?   
> 
> The idea is that gpsd sets things up so it can read/write the SHM
> segment but ntpd or shmmon can open it read only.

Ah, you mean the SHM readers.  I think SHM perms are like file perms.
You can only specify perms by owner, group and wowrld.

> And ntpd and shmmon and anybody else can all run at the same time.

Yeah.  Not sure how to improve that.  That would require NTP Classic,
gpsd, NTPsec and chrony to agree on a change.

RGDS
GARY
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