Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 23:07:48 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: jeff@walters.name Subject: Re: Comment on devfs.conf Message-ID: <20030515210748.GC10171@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <3218.1053032141@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <200305151653.43540.jeff@walters.name> <3218.1053032141@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 10:55:41PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <200305151653.43540.jeff@walters.name>, Jeff Walters writes: > >The new /etc/devfs.conf arrangement is a good thing but it doesn't work for > >devices that are created on the fly after boot, and it gives an error on > >wildcards on device names. > > > >I suggest for /etc/rc.d/devfs that instead of changing the permissions and > >ownerships directly on device nodes, create a default devfs ruleset based on > >/etc/devfs.conf entries and apply the set. For example, previously you could > >modify /etc/rc.devfs with the logic like: > > I must admit that I should have looked at this, now that I have, I fully > agree: The policy setup at boot should be not just applied once, but > made the default ruleset. Would/should this be 5.1-R material? -- | / o / /_ _ |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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