NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     fbtab - change device protection upon login

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The fbtab file contains lines which specify how the  permissions and ownership
  of  various  system files should be changed based on
the user's login
 device name.

     Comments start with a `#' and extend to the end of the line.
Blank lines
     or lines with only a comment are ignored.

     All other lines consist of three fields delimited by whitespace.

     Login Device          The  device  you  have  logged  in  on
(e.g.,
                           ``/dev/ttyv0'').

     File  Permission       An octal permission number (0600), as
used by
                           chmod(2).

     Other devices         The final field is a colon  (`:')  delimited list of
                           devices       (e.g.,       ``/dev/console:/dev/fd0a'').  All
                           device names are  absolute  paths.   A
path that ends
                           in  ``/*'' refers to all directory entries except
                           ``.'' and ``..''.

     The fbtab file is used by login(1) to chown(2) the specified
files to the
     user  who  has performed a login.  Additionally, chmod(2) is
used to set
     the devices to the specified permission.  When a  user  logs
out, init(8)
     is  responsible  for performing the inverse operation, which
results in the
     files once again belonging to root.

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

     /etc/fbtab

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     login(1), login_fbtab(3), init(8)

AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     Guido van Rooij

OpenBSD     3.6                         August      22,      1994