[root@dhann log]# ls -al /dev/lirc*
srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 2007-12-30 15:29 /dev/lircd
[root@dhann log]# 

root      7942  0.0  0.0   3132   536 ?        Ss   15:29   0:00 lircd
root      7949  0.0  0.0   4004   728 pts/0    S+   15:31   0:00 grep lirc