#!/bin/sh module="vcodec" device="vcodec" mode="664" # Group: since distributions do it differently, look for wheel or use staff if grep '^staff:' /etc/group > /dev/null; then group="staff" else group="wheel" fi # invoke insmod with all arguments we got # and use a pathname, as newer modutils don't look in . by default insmod /lib/modules/$module.ko $* || exit -1 major=`cat /proc/devices | awk "\\$2==\"$module\" {print \\$1}"` # Remove stale nodes and replace them, then give gid and perms # Usually the script is shorter, it's simple that has several devices in it. rm -f /dev/${device} mknod /dev/${device} c $major 0 chgrp $group /dev/${device} chmod $mode /dev/${device} chown $SUDO_USER.$SUDO_USER /dev/${device}