linux-kernel - [PATCH] ntsync: Set the permissions to be 0666

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Message-ID: <20250214122759.2629-2-mike@fireburn.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 12:28:00 +0000
From: Mike Lothian <mike@...eburn.co.uk>
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Subject: [PATCH] ntsync: Set the permissions to be 0666

This allows ntsync to be usuable by non-root processes out of the box

Signed-off-by: Mike Lothian <mike@...eburn.co.uk>
---
 drivers/misc/ntsync.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/ntsync.c b/drivers/misc/ntsync.c
index 055395cde42b..586b86243e1d 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/ntsync.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/ntsync.c
@@ -1208,6 +1208,7 @@ static struct miscdevice ntsync_misc = {
 	.minor		= MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
 	.name		= NTSYNC_NAME,
 	.fops		= &ntsync_fops,
+	.mode		= 0666, // Setting file permissions to 0666
 };
 
 module_misc_device(ntsync_misc);
-- 
2.48.1