Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 15:42:40 +0200 From: Joerg Wallerich <jw@net.in.tum.de> To: Patrick Dung <patrick_dkt@yahoo.com.hk> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tcpdump (/dev/bpf* permission) in FreeBSD-current Message-ID: <20040716134240.GA25987@net.in.tum.de> In-Reply-To: <20040715143234.39600.qmail@web51807.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040715143234.39600.qmail@web51807.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 10:32:34PM +0800, Patrick Dung wrote: > Hi > > For FreeBSD-stable, I can change the permission of the > /dev/bpf*. > But for FreeBSD-current, the bpf device is created at > runtime. There is no way to decided the user/group and > permission of the device created. (/etc/devfs.conf can > be used, but it had to be start after the device is > created, where it is not created at boot time). > > I have asked this question in Freebsd-questions but > the problem remains unsolved: > > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=256848+0+archive/2004/freebsd-questions/20040711.freebsd-questions > Hi, add to /etc/devfs.rules: [devfs_ruleset_sniffer=10] add path 'bpf*' unhide mode 0660 group bpf and to /etc/rc.conf devfs_system_ruleset="devfs_ruleset_sniffer" This grants access to bpf devices to all members of group 'bpf'. I don't know if this is 'the way to do it[TM]' but it does work. Joerg -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- - Joerg Wallerich - jw@net.in.tum.de - - Technische Universitaet Muenchen - Phone +49 89 289 18035 - ----------------------------------------------------------------
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