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Date:      Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:48:32 +0000
From:      lysergius2001 <lysergius2001@gmail.com>
To:        "Bruce M. Simpson" <bms@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: modifying permissions in /dev
Message-ID:  <a558ebe30802061248g7fc94faeq77606e3f67344e25@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <47A75562.7010101@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <a558ebe30802021256q2659b310jc55dd3bcb7f751db@mail.gmail.com> <47A75562.7010101@FreeBSD.org>

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Hi Bruce,

Thanks for this.

/etc/rc.d/devfs start results in
eval: 1: syntax error: unterminated quoted string

My devfs.rules looks like this

[hostname_ruleset=10]

add path 'da*s* mode 0666 group wheel

should I add the fd0/cd0?



On Feb 4, 2008 6:11 PM, Bruce M. Simpson <bms@freebsd.org> wrote:

> lysergius2001 wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Recently installed AMD64 6.3-stable and I am having a problem with
> > devfs.conf and /dev.  I understand the entries in devfs.conf should
> modify
> > the permissions on devices in /dev.  For some reason or other this is
> not
> > happening.  Can anyone shed some light on this?  What am I doing wrong?
> >
>
> Try using devfs.rules -- devfs.conf entries will not be applied after
> boot, unless you force them to be reapplied by running /etc/rc.d/devfs
> start from a superuser shell.
>
> BMS
>



-- 
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