From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 13 18:04:35 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 9D8A216A41F for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:04:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B78543D80 for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:04:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jBDI4IbN028575; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 19:04:18 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 50413B827; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 19:04:18 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 19:04:18 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Brooks Davis Message-ID: <20051213180418.GA20852@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Brooks Davis , "[LoN]Kamikaze" , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <439EF8B5.4030702@gmx.de> <20051213164947.GA17705@odin.ac.hmc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="+QahgC5+KEYLbs62" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051213164947.GA17705@odin.ac.hmc.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: "\[LoN\]Kamikaze" , 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 18:04:35 -0000 --+QahgC5+KEYLbs62 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 08:49:47AM -0800, Brooks Davis wrote: > 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? >=20 > 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. Hmm, it's quite explicitly mentioned in the manual pages for devfs.conf and devfs.rules.=20 Feel free to suggest improvements... Roland --=20 R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text. public key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt --+QahgC5+KEYLbs62 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDnw0iEnfvsMMhpyURAgWVAJoC25tsvxHHgijbyakG0yXjjoaGKACdFtjF HnH+NrOwvhA40BuAnn/Jtyw= =LNa8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --+QahgC5+KEYLbs62--