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Date:      Sun, 02 Oct 2005 14:12:08 -0400
From:      Nicolas Blais <nb_root@videotron.ca>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        Micah <micahjon@ywave.com>
Subject:   Re: device permission in devfs.conf not working
Message-ID:  <200510021412.08684.nb_root@videotron.ca>
In-Reply-To: <434021D9.6090605@ywave.com>
References:  <200510021402.03282.nb_root@videotron.ca> <434021D9.6090605@ywave.com>

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On October 2, 2005 02:07 pm, Micah wrote:
> Nicolas Blais wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I want to be able to use usb drives as a normal user so I added the line
> > :
> >
> > perm    da0     0777
> > in /etc/devfs.conf
> >
> > But when I plug in the device, da0 and da0s1 is created with default
> > permission :
> >
> > [nicblais] /dev> ll da*
> > crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 148 Oct  2 13:53 da0
> > crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 149 Oct  2 13:53 da0s1
> >
> > Although I can mount it fine as root, I have to chmod 777 to make it wo=
rk
> > for other users.
> >
> > [nicblais] /dev# chmod 777 da0*
> > [nicblais] /dev# ll da*
> > crwxrwxrwx  1 root  operator    0, 148 Oct  2 13:53 da0*
> > crwxrwxrwx  1 root  operator    0, 149 Oct  2 13:53 da0s1*
> >
> > I'm assuming it would work if I left the usb drive plugged in while
> > booting but that kinda defeats the purpose of a portable storage media.
> > Is my entry in /etc/devfs.conf not correct?
> >
> > Any help appreciated,
> > Nicolas.
>
> Add a something like this to devfs.rules
> [system=3D10]
> add path 'da*' mode 0660 group media
>
> Here I relax access to just the media group, but you could obviously
> just use something like "add path 'da*' mode 0777".
>
> Micah

Thanks that worked!
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