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9 9
10<p>Before looking at the Linux implementation, first a general Unix 10<p>Before looking at the Linux implementation, first a general Unix
11description of threads, processes, process groups and sessions. 11description of threads, processes, process groups and sessions.
12</p><p>
13(See also <a href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap11.html">General Terminal Interface</a>)
12</p><p>A session contains a number of process groups, and a process group 14</p><p>A session contains a number of process groups, and a process group
13contains a number of processes, and a process contains a number 15contains a number of processes, and a process contains a number
14of threads. 16of threads.
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277Again, if TOSTOP is set but the background process ignores or blocks 279Again, if TOSTOP is set but the background process ignores or blocks
278the SIGTTOU signal, or if its process group is orphaned (see below), 280the SIGTTOU signal, or if its process group is orphaned (see below),
279then the write() returns an EIO error, and no signal is sent. 281then the write() returns an EIO error, and no signal is sent.
282[vda: correction. SUS says that if SIGTTOU is blocked/ignored, write succeeds. ]
280<p> 283<p>
281</p><h3>Orphaned process groups</h3> 284</p><h3>Orphaned process groups</h3>
282 285
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51660 permissions. 51660 permissions.
52 52
53The file has the format: 53The file has the format:
54 <device regex> <uid>:<gid> <permissions> 54 [-]<device regex> <uid>:<gid> <permissions>
55 or @<maj[,min1[-min2]]> <uid>:<gid> <permissions> 55or
56 @<maj[,min1[-min2]]> <uid>:<gid> <permissions>
57or
58 $envvar=<regex> <uid>:<gid> <permissions>
56 59
57For example: 60For example:
58 hd[a-z][0-9]* 0:3 660 61 hd[a-z][0-9]* 0:3 660
59 62
60The config file parsing stops at the first matching line. If no line is 63The config file parsing stops at the first matching line. If no line is
61matched, then the default of 0:0 660 is used. To set your own default, simply 64matched, then the default of 0:0 660 is used. To set your own default, simply
62create your own total match like so: 65create your own total match like so:
66
63 .* 1:1 777 67 .* 1:1 777
64 68
65You can rename/move device nodes by using the next optional field. 69You can rename/move device nodes by using the next optional field.
70
66 <device regex> <uid>:<gid> <permissions> [=path] 71 <device regex> <uid>:<gid> <permissions> [=path]
72
67So if you want to place the device node into a subdirectory, make sure the path 73So if you want to place the device node into a subdirectory, make sure the path
68has a trailing /. If you want to rename the device node, just place the name. 74has a trailing /. If you want to rename the device node, just place the name.
69 hda 0:3 660 =drives/ 75 hda 0:3 660 =drives/