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Date:      Wed, 7 Dec 2011 09:56:51 -0600
From:      "Zane C. B-H." <v.velox@vvelox.net>
To:        Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
Cc:        Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: umass to /dev/da* mapping
Message-ID:  <20111207095651.3688de01@vixen42.vulpes.vvelox.net>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1112070834530.68831@wonkity.com>
References:  <201112051708.16072.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> <20111207044901.72ace69f@vixen42.vulpes.vvelox.net> <201112071251.47968.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> <20111207090220.2f970f1d@vixen42.vulpes.vvelox.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1112070834530.68831@wonkity.com>

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On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 08:39:30 -0700 (MST)
Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 7 Dec 2011, Zane C. B-H. wrote:
> 
> > Still you will want to investigate what I've mentioned. It will
> > drastically simplify permission stuff as well as make automatic.
> > The devfs stuff is just not boottime only, but will be applied to
> > any new device added etc post boot.
> 
> Are you sure of that?  Seems like devfs permissions are only
> applied when devfs(8) apply/applyset commands are run, directly or
> through /etc/rc.d/devfs.

Yeah, I am sure of that. It is what I have setup here.

/etc/devfs.conf - This one only affects boot time stuff.

/dec/devfs.rules - This one contains the rules will be applied during
and post boot. It will also require you to specify which to use in
"/etc/rc.conf" as this file can contain multiple rule sets.



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