Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 06:40:22 +0400 From: Test Rat <ttsestt@gmail.com> To: lev@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Access rights for specific USB device in /dev? Message-ID: <86ei13xlnt.fsf@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1896008072.20110803033103@serebryakov.spb.ru> (Lev Serebryakov's message of "Wed, 3 Aug 2011 03:31:03 %2B0400") References: <1523100399.20110803022059@serebryakov.spb.ru> <211179318.20110803023709@serebryakov.spb.ru> <1896008072.20110803033103@serebryakov.spb.ru>
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Lev Serebryakov <lev@FreeBSD.org> writes: > Hello, Freebsd-usb. > You wrote 3 =D0=B0=D0=B2=D0=B3=D1=83=D1=81=D1=82=D0=B0 2011 =D0=B3., 2:37= :09: > >> Now I have another question: devfs(8) uses device types or paths to >> specify access rules for /dev/*, which is bad idea for USB device, as >> it will change path when cable will be re-attached to another port. Is >> here any method to set owner:group of device node by VID/PID or ID >> string or something like this? > I've tried to add "attach" rule to devd.conf, but here is one > problem: $device-name is "ugen1.2" for example, and "devfs" change > owner and permissions on /dev/ugen1.2, but it is only "symbolic link" > and real device is "/dev/usb/1.2.0" in such case -- as result, owner > and permissions on real device stay unchanged and "blazer_usb" can not > access it again :( Why not apply chown(8) from devd.conf then? notify 0 { match "subsystem" "DEVICE"; match "type" "ATTACH"; match "cdev" "ugen[0-9]+.[0-9]+"; match "vendor" "0xfoo" match "product" "0xbar" action "chown owner:group /dev/$cdev"; };
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