Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 14:12:08 -0400 From: Nicolas Blais <nb_root@videotron.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com> Subject: Re: device permission in devfs.conf not working Message-ID: <200510021412.08684.nb_root@videotron.ca> In-Reply-To: <434021D9.6090605@ywave.com> References: <200510021402.03282.nb_root@videotron.ca> <434021D9.6090605@ywave.com>
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--nextPart1432750.MCe82mP5SW Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On October 2, 2005 02:07 pm, Micah wrote: > 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 wo= rk > > 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=3D10] > 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 Thanks that worked! =2D-=20 =46reeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #0: Sat Oct 1 11:51:38 EDT 2005 =20 root@clk01a:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CLK01A=20 PGP? : http://66.130.198.54:8081/security/nb_root.asc --nextPart1432750.MCe82mP5SW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDQCL4z38ton5LGeIRAukhAKCOPYmxW/DAabfau48CI1Vo00z1lQCfW/k0 my00RLdFeqw+vvmq+k55Mig= =fZJ7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1432750.MCe82mP5SW--
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