Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 21:09:53 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: aryeh.friedman@gmail.com (Aryeh M. Friedman) Cc: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to set device permissions at startup Message-ID: <200910091909.n99J9rPe033892@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <4ACF8218.1080306@gmail.com>
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Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > Oliver Fromme wrote: > > Roland Smith wrote: > > > 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. > > It should be included because not everyone uses the standard /etc/rc.* > hierachy. For example I have a completely custom rc which before I did > an other hack to make this issue not an issue read: Well, if you completely rewrite /etc/rc, then you're on your own anyway, and you're supposed to know what you're doing. In general it is not a good idea and will lead to serious foot-shooting. By the way, what is the reason that you don't use the standard rc(8) facilities? I don't see anything in you custom script that wouldn't be covered by them. 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 "A language that doesn't have everything is actually easier to program in than some that do." -- Dennis M. Ritchie
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