From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 13 16:50:04 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2254316A41F for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:50:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EEB543D67 for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:49:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id jBDGnlmk020474; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:49:47 -0800 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0/Submit) id jBDGnlXk020473; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:49:47 -0800 Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:49:47 -0800 From: Brooks Davis To: "[LoN]Kamikaze" Message-ID: <20051213164947.GA17705@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <439EF8B5.4030702@gmx.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="AhhlLboLdkugWU4S" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <439EF8B5.4030702@gmx.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=8.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on odin.ac.hmc.edu Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: devfs doesn't set access rights X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:50:04 -0000 --AhhlLboLdkugWU4S Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 05:37:09PM +0100, [LoN]Kamikaze wrote: > On my FreeBSD 6-stable (the last build is less then 24hours ago) my > devfs doesn't apply permissions set in /etc/devfs.conf when I attach new > devices. I have to call: > /etc/rc.d/devfs restart > manually for the settings to be applied. This is rather uncomfortable in > some cases (especially with my PDA). >=20 > I don't know weather this is the normal behaviour, anyway if it is, > shouldn't devfs be restarted automatically as soon as external devices > (usb, firewire, ir) are attached? This is normal. devfs.conf is for boot only, you need devfs.rules for runtime. Unfortunatly, the documentation of this fact and the docuementation of devfs.rules sucks. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --AhhlLboLdkugWU4S Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDnvuqXY6L6fI4GtQRAteOAKCDqLMLl8WB6p1yrtdr2Rcz27psiQCfRIM8 HSIGfD+2z5pcDMuWUw+Adjo= =iA40 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --AhhlLboLdkugWU4S--