From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 10 12:41:09 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1257416A4CE for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 12:41:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.mi.is (smtp.mi.is [217.151.180.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A8B943D48 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 12:41:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from thib@mi.is) Received: from caulfield.bitcode.eu.org (thib.pentagon.ms [217.151.165.254]) by smtp.mi.is (8.12.10/8.12.10/1.0.1) with SMTP id iAACf7nF017400; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 12:41:07 GMT Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 12:41:08 +0000 From: "Thordur Ivar B." To: questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20041110124108.37c3f4a9.thib@mi.is> In-Reply-To: <200411091850.03940.mistry.7@osu.edu> References: <20041109232851.50fe3154.thib@mi.is> <200411091850.03940.mistry.7@osu.edu> Organization: n/a X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.0beta1 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: devfs + rulesets. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 12:41:09 -0000 On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 18:49:56 -0500 Anish Mistry wrote: > On Tuesday 09 November 2004 06:28 pm, Thordur Ivar B. wrote: > > Good day/night. > > > > I have been having some troubles with devfs (the config files that is). > > > > Here is what I want todo: > > I want to be able to allow users in group 'cdrom' to acces (rw) to > > /dev/acd0 > > > > First of all i created the group ;). So far so good. > > > > Then i uncommented this line: > > link acd0 cdrom > > in /etc/devfs.conf (My only change in that file, so far). > > > > So far so good. > > > > Now heres where the trouble begins: I can by using the command line > > utility (devfs) allow users in group cdrom to rw /dev/acd0{cdrom} > > By issuing the following commands: > > # devfs ruleset 10 > > # devfs rule add path acd0 group cdrom > > # devfs rule add path acd0 mode 0660 > > # devfs rule applyset > > > > Here I have: > > [thib@caulfield thib]$ ls -al /dev/ | grep acd0 > > crw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 4, 21 Nov 9 23:11 acd0 > > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4 Nov 9 23:11 cdrom -> acd0 > > > > So far so good. > > > > But when I add these lines: > > own acd0 root:cdrom > > perm acd0 0660 > > to /etc/devfs.conf > > > > I get this: > > /etc/rc: WARNING: devfs_set_ruleset: you must specify a ruleset number > > /etc/rc: WARNING: devfs_apply_ruleset: you must specify a ruleset > > > > in my dmesg. > > > > Okey. So I took a look in /etc/defaults/devfs.rules and did the > > following: (PS: I removed the own/perm lines in /etc/devfs.conf > > # touch /etc/devfs.rules > > And added these lines to the file: > > [devfsrules_cdrom=10] > > add path acd0 group cdrom > > add path acd0 mode 06660 > > > > When I reboot I get the same error messages: > > /etc/rc: WARNING: devfs_set_ruleset: you must specify a ruleset number > > /etc/rc: WARNING: devfs_apply_ruleset: you must specify a ruleset > > > > Here's the kicker, even though I get these error messages it "DOES WHAT > > I WANT"... > > > > My questions is, what is the proper way of specifying a ruleset in > > either /etc/devfs.conf or /etc/devfs.rules and wich of the files should > > I use ? > > > > I'm sorry if I missed something obvious in the manpages (or did not > > google enough). > > > > Please CC me for I'm not on the list. > Do you have something like this in your rc.conf? > devfs_system_ruleset="system" > Judging by your devfs.rules you want: > devfs_system_ruleset="devfsrules_cdrom" > > > -- > Anish Mistry > Humm. This works. But how to come about this when I have setup some more rules ? Can I add new lines e.g: devfs_system_ruleset="devfsrules_cdrom" devfs_system_ruleset="devfsrules_bar" devfs_.... e.t.c. ? -- Kv, thib[att]mi{dot}is As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. -- Albert Einstein A man can do as he will, but not will as he will. -- Arthur Schopenhauer