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Date:      Sun, 30 Jul 2006 23:49:15 -0400
From:      Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: devfs and changing device permissions
Message-ID:  <17613.32187.161497.801167@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
In-Reply-To: <44CD5717.1090005@ywave.com>
References:  <17613.21296.960604.706390@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <44CD5717.1090005@ywave.com>

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Micah writes:

>  > 	If I want to permanently change the permissions for a device, I
>  > add en entry to /etc/devfs.conf.  Right?
>  
>  Depends. If the device is present when the system boots, yes.

	In this case, it's lpt0/


>  That said, I've never had problems using chmod for temporary
>  changes on device nodes.

	And it seems to have worked.
	Thanks.


				Robert Huff



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