[ltp] 600x and tpctl?

[Markus Alt]

Boyan wrote:
> 
[snip]
> 
> There is no need to this I think, for the /dev/thinkpad has always been
> there as the output of the ls command says:
> 
> newbie# ls -l /dev/thinkpad
> crw-rw-r--    1 root     root      10, 170 Jun 27 21:05 /dev/thinkpad
> 
> On the other hand, the need for additional antries in modules.conf is new
> to me and I will do it now.
> Regards,
> Boyan
> 
> > you do need to add the following line to /etc/devfsd.conf (or,
> > in Debian, to make the following file /etc/devfs/conf.d/thinkpad):
> >    REGISTER ^misc/thinkpad$    PERMISSIONS root.root  0664
> > You can choose your own permissions.  You might want to create
> > a "thinkpad" group, add yourself to it, and set PERMISSIONS on the
> > device to root.thinkpad 0664; then you'll be able to change settings
> > as well as view them without becoming super user.
> >

If you want to be able to execute tpctl as a non-root user, too, you may
also want to create that "thinkpad" group, add your user ID to it and
change the ownership of /dev/thinkpad. See paragraph above.

Markus

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