Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 19:04:18 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: "\[LoN\]Kamikaze" <LoN_Kamikaze@gmx.de>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: devfs doesn't set access rights Message-ID: <20051213180418.GA20852@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20051213164947.GA17705@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <439EF8B5.4030702@gmx.de> <20051213164947.GA17705@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
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--+QahgC5+KEYLbs62 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 08:49:47AM -0800, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 05:37:09PM +0100, [LoN]Kamikaze wrote: > > On my FreeBSD 6-stable (the last build is less then 24hours ago) my > > devfs doesn't apply permissions set in /etc/devfs.conf when I attach new > > devices. I have to call: > > /etc/rc.d/devfs restart > > manually for the settings to be applied. This is rather uncomfortable in > > some cases (especially with my PDA). > >=20 > > I don't know weather this is the normal behaviour, anyway if it is, > > shouldn't devfs be restarted automatically as soon as external devices > > (usb, firewire, ir) are attached? >=20 > This is normal. devfs.conf is for boot only, you need devfs.rules for > runtime. Unfortunatly, the documentation of this fact and the > docuementation of devfs.rules sucks. Hmm, it's quite explicitly mentioned in the manual pages for devfs.conf and devfs.rules.=20 Feel free to suggest improvements... Roland --=20 R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text. public key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt --+QahgC5+KEYLbs62 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDnw0iEnfvsMMhpyURAgWVAJoC25tsvxHHgijbyakG0yXjjoaGKACdFtjF HnH+NrOwvhA40BuAnn/Jtyw= =LNa8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --+QahgC5+KEYLbs62--
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