Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 13:53:32 -0700 From: "Darren Spruell" <phatbuckett@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Set perms on attach of USB umass disk Message-ID: <839aec700711011353x109b4ec6jaa3988160052849f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20071101192953.GA65305@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <839aec700711011053i3b4d7c7dmbbd5afde03ba513a@mail.gmail.com> <20071101192953.GA65305@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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> > I've tried altering devfs.conf but this appears to only work for > > devices that are attached at startup of devfs. > [snip] > > As a matter of fact, this is documented in the devfs.conf manual page. > This will also tell you where to look; Yep: "It does not work for devices plugged in and out after the system is up and running, e.g. USB devices. See devfs.rules(5) for setting ownership and permissions for all device nodes, and usbd.conf(5) for actions to be taken when USB devices are attached or detached." I overlooked that for some reason. :( > create a new file /etc/devfs.rules with contents > > [system=10] > add path 'da*' mode 660 group operator > > Then in /etc/rc.conf add > devfs_system_ruleset="system" > and restart devfs (/etc/rc.d/devfs restart) Works great, thanks. -- Darren Spruell phatbuckett@gmail.com
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