I have 3 SATA devices on my system. They show up under /proc/scsi/scsi, although these are not SCSI devices. Why do my SATA devices show up under the SCSI directory?
I am learning about linux security and struggling to understand why a USB stick with a character device on it is potentially dangerous.
First some specs: my computer is an HP EliteBook 8460p. It comes with an integrated Chicony HP HD webcam.
How can I put a bit mask on /dev/zero so that I can have a source not only for 0x00 but also for any byte between 0x01 and 0xFF?
I’m currently working in a command line only environment.
I am trying to understanding the concept of special files on Linux. However, having a special file in /dev seems plain silly when its function could be implemented by a handful of lines in C to my knowledge.
Say I plug in several USB drives which don’t get automatically mounted. How can I find out which device file belongs to which physical device, so I can mount it for example?
I have device file that appears in /dev when a specific board is plugged in. The read and write operations to it work just fine, but in order to open the device file the program needs to be executed with root priveledges. Is there any way I can all a non-root user to open this one specific device file without having to use sudo?
How or where does Linux determine the assignment of a network device? Specifically, wlan0 or wlan1 for wireless USB devices.