Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:49:47 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: "[LoN]Kamikaze" <LoN_Kamikaze@gmx.de> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: devfs doesn't set access rights Message-ID: <20051213164947.GA17705@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <439EF8B5.4030702@gmx.de> References: <439EF8B5.4030702@gmx.de>
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--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--
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