From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 6 20:48:34 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B66B416A468 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:48:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lysergius2001@gmail.com) Received: from rn-out-0910.google.com (rn-out-0910.google.com [64.233.170.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34AAE13C478 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:48:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lysergius2001@gmail.com) Received: by rn-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id s42so1293251rnb.13 for ; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:48:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=HCVPudP0kXykZDH7r+xMxPE2vAmd/sV1ls2+W++Z1HM=; b=V9OKpiyBZA1J+yRtazQhJPYQfdXes/0GnrsRzJiPx86Ge1/JuLcoDCmIAkYSh6Cz1ZKz8hdfyVyCBAg5n5bpkIgYlfB+uYDsWH76BJ9irMybwEXRAvJ0z0iWhkH5e3f5KxZ2Mbm/nyexmObKH+zyG03IyAU2jIknMlaZsHcG3lA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=N6zCCsMHvHi1Gi7r8lorpQKJ2NZ0e7X7vMvF1kiqZBAeFMf4uWO0fkJq/foON1bMHqQ/MolQH0Ri4ZW1KtBWguCCGlESHwURvYbEvxIuSVs1XiVpM9hf7HGts3sA+mwxjVzzDOWQDLT88VDhCXYuRn+rnTnU+4fcUmja/ubVLdo= Received: by 10.143.6.1 with SMTP id j1mr5695159wfi.45.1202330912563; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:48:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.203.4 with HTTP; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 12:48:32 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:48:32 +0000 From: lysergius2001 To: "Bruce M. Simpson" In-Reply-To: <47A75562.7010101@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <47A75562.7010101@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: modifying permissions in /dev X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:48:34 -0000 Hi Bruce, Thanks for this. /etc/rc.d/devfs start results in eval: 1: syntax error: unterminated quoted string My devfs.rules looks like this [hostname_ruleset=10] add path 'da*s* mode 0666 group wheel should I add the fd0/cd0? On Feb 4, 2008 6:11 PM, Bruce M. Simpson wrote: > lysergius2001 wrote: > > Hi > > > > Recently installed AMD64 6.3-stable and I am having a problem with > > devfs.conf and /dev. I understand the entries in devfs.conf should > modify > > the permissions on devices in /dev. For some reason or other this is > not > > happening. Can anyone shed some light on this? What am I doing wrong? > > > > Try using devfs.rules -- devfs.conf entries will not be applied after > boot, unless you force them to be reapplied by running /etc/rc.d/devfs > start from a superuser shell. > > BMS > -- Lysergius says "Stay light and trust gravity"