Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 22:40:11 +0100 (CET) From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/90362: [patch] enhancement of devfs.rules manpage. Message-ID: <20051213214011.2BBACB827@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Resent-Message-ID: <200512132150.jBDLo2kd009605@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 90362 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [patch] enhancement of devfs.rules manpage. >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Dec 13 21:50:02 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Roland Smith >Release: FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE amd64 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD slackbox.xs4all.nl 6.0-STABLE FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE #0: Sun Nov 20 02:27:45 CET 2005 root@slackbox.xs4all.nl:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/RFS amd64 >Description: As a result of recent postings on -questions, it became clear that the manpage for devfs.rules could be improved, especially mentioning that a ruleset needs to be activated in /etc/rc.conf. This patch tries to provide such improvement. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: See enclosed patch. Feel free to improve the tags used, I'm still learning mdoc. :-) ----------------------- patch ---------------------------- --- devfs.rules.5 2005/12/13 19:59:29 1.6 +++ devfs.rules.5 2005/12/13 21:19:53 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD: /repoman/r/ncvs/src/share/man/man5/devfs.rules.5,v 1.2.4.1 2005/07/27 12:03:48 keramida Exp $ .\" -.Dd May 17, 2005 +.Dd Dec 13, 2005 .Dt DEVFS.RULES 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -72,8 +72,23 @@ .Dq Li usb group, the following rule may be used: .Pp +.Dl "[localrules=10]" .Dl "add path 'da*s*' mode 0660 group usb" .Pp +The first line declares and starts a new ruleset, with the name +.Va localrules +and the number 10. Rulesets should have a unique name and number. All +rules that follow a ruleset declaration belong to that ruleset, untill a +new ruleset is started. This ruleset has to be enabled in +.Pa /etc/rc.conf +to be the ruleset for the +.Pa /dev +filesystem. This is done by putting the following line in +.Pa /etc/rc.conf : +.Bd -literal +devfs_system_ruleset="localrules" +.Ed +.Pp To make all the .Xr uscanner 4 devices accessible to their owner and the @@ -81,6 +96,7 @@ group, a similar rule may be used: .Pp .Dl "add path 'uscanner*' mode 0660 group usb" +.Pp .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr glob 3 , .Xr devfs 5 , ----------------------- patch ---------------------------- >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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