From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 15 14:07:50 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A62A137B484 for ; Thu, 15 May 2003 14:07:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E2C343FAF for ; Thu, 15 May 2003 14:07:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4FL7mEB010302; Thu, 15 May 2003 23:07:48 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h4FL7mw5010297; Thu, 15 May 2003 23:07:48 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 23:07:48 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Poul-Henning Kamp Message-ID: <20030515210748.GC10171@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <200305151653.43540.jeff@walters.name> <3218.1053032141@critter.freebsd.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3218.1053032141@critter.freebsd.dk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-OS: FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org cc: current@freebsd.org cc: jeff@walters.name Subject: Re: Comment on devfs.conf X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 21:07:51 -0000 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