Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 11:07:21 -0700 From: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com> To: Nicolas Blais <nb_root@videotron.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: device permission in devfs.conf not working Message-ID: <434021D9.6090605@ywave.com> In-Reply-To: <200510021402.03282.nb_root@videotron.ca> References: <200510021402.03282.nb_root@videotron.ca>
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Nicolas Blais wrote: > Hi, > > I want to be able to use usb drives as a normal user so I added the line : > > perm da0 0777 > in /etc/devfs.conf > > But when I plug in the device, da0 and da0s1 is created with default > permission : > > [nicblais] /dev> ll da* > crw-r----- 1 root operator 0, 148 Oct 2 13:53 da0 > crw-r----- 1 root operator 0, 149 Oct 2 13:53 da0s1 > > Although I can mount it fine as root, I have to chmod 777 to make it work for > other users. > > [nicblais] /dev# chmod 777 da0* > [nicblais] /dev# ll da* > crwxrwxrwx 1 root operator 0, 148 Oct 2 13:53 da0* > crwxrwxrwx 1 root operator 0, 149 Oct 2 13:53 da0s1* > > I'm assuming it would work if I left the usb drive plugged in while booting > but that kinda defeats the purpose of a portable storage media. > Is my entry in /etc/devfs.conf not correct? > > Any help appreciated, > Nicolas. Add a something like this to devfs.rules [system=10] add path 'da*' mode 0660 group media Here I relax access to just the media group, but you could obviously just use something like "add path 'da*' mode 0777". Micah
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