[openib-general] [Fwd: [Bug 80631] [RFE] add infiniband devices to udev device rules]

Roland Dreier roland at topspin.com
Wed Feb 9 08:51:58 PST 2005


    Tom> What should the default permissions be for
    Tom> /dev/infiniband/issm* or /dev/infiniband/umad*?

    Tom> I am guessing root:root 660 are fine...

For now I think root:root 0660 is fine (although not much different
from root and 0600...).  Longer term someone may want to come up with
some best practices for groups/permissions so that it's not necessary
to run everything as root.  This is especially important for userspace
verbs, of course.

 - R.



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