Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 20:04:48 +0200 (CEST) From: "Julien Gabel" <jpeg@thilelli.net> To: "Nicolas Blais" <nb_root@videotron.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: device permission in devfs.conf not working. Message-ID: <51844.192.168.1.20.1128276288.squirrel@webmail.thilelli.net> In-Reply-To: <200510021402.03282.nb_root@videotron.ca> References: <200510021402.03282.nb_root@videotron.ca>
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> 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? The correct way to do things with pluggable devices is to use the devfs.rules(5) configuration file. -- -jpeg.
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