Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 01:47:38 +0000 From: Andy Fraser <andyfraser@gmail.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB Card Reader Permissions Message-ID: <200511090147.38622.andyfraser@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200511091053.08122.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <200511082054.42113.andyfraser@gmail.com> <200511082250.04433.andyfraser@gmail.com> <200511091053.08122.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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On Wednesday 09 Nov 2005 12:22 am, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > I thought that was only for devices that exist at boot? I have my DVD > > burner set up in devfs.conf so I can use it as my user (reading and > > burning with some other tweaks[1]). > > Nope, it's applied to all devices as they are created as well as > pre-existing ones. Ah, cool. :-) > > ...and this turned out to be the missing piece in the jigsaw. > > Yeah it took me a while to find out you needed that too :) :-) > > [1] One of the reasons I first tried FreeBSD as a desktop OS was because > > it has better support for CD/DVD burning as a user than Linux does (I > > still can't get burning working reliably with Gentoo but FreeBSD works > > flawlessly). And the sound system is much better but that's another > > story. > > > > :-) > > Weird, I would expect it to be largely the same. I don't want to say too much, it being OT and all, but a change in Linux 2.6.8 has meant that I have to run my burning software as root to get a reliable burn. I've yet to find a solution to that problem. > PS another way to do this would be to create a devd file which does the > chmod's for this particular device (instead of blindly changing all da > devices). I have things working, I'm happy. :-) I'll look at other options and better set ups when I have either the need or the time. :-) -- Andy.
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