Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 11:46:32 +0000 From: Peter Risdon <peter@circlesquared.com> To: David Wassman <myfreebsd@cox.net> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: probably a simple problem with permissions Message-ID: <1108467992.23699.267.camel@lorna.circlesquared.com> In-Reply-To: <42118065.1080303@cox.net> References: <42118065.1080303@cox.net>
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On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 23:53 -0500, David Wassman wrote: > I am probably understanding this problem incorrectly meaning there is a > simple explanation that is escaping me. My /dev/cd0 is owned by root so > I have tried to change both the owner and the group so I can use it as a > user. > > I have tried: > chmod 777 /dev/cd0 > chmod -R 777 /dev/cd0 > chgrp 777 /dev/cd0 > > The problem is that when I reboot the system the old permissions return > and I have to su and change the permissions back. How do I make these > changes permanent? There is probably a security reason for this but it > is very inconvenient on a desktop station. Any help would be > appreciated. I am running 5.3. You need to make appropriate entries in /etc/devfs.conf Read the file - it has some examples. Peter.
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