Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 18:53:53 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: rsmith@xs4all.nl (Roland Smith) Cc: aryeh.friedman@gmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to set device permissions at startup Message-ID: <200910091653.n99Grsfg028286@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <20091009160334.GB90880@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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Roland Smith wrote: > Oliver Fromme wrote: > > Quote from the manpage: > > "The devfs.rules file provides an easy way to create and apply > > devfs(8) rules, even for devices that are not available at boot." > > > > The rules take effect whenever a new node (devide) appears, > > even after devfs was mounted. > > But one has to run '/etc/rc.d/devfs restart' for newly added rules to take > effect! (or reboot the system, which is overkill). Yes, of course. I thought that was obvious. > Maybe I whould add that to the manual page for devfs.rules? Agreed, that might be an appropriate clarification. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd With Perl you can manipulate text, interact with programs, talk over networks, drive Web pages, perform arbitrary precision arithmetic, and write programs that look like Snoopy swearing.
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