Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 02:35:56 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: working with dbsd-tools Message-ID: <20060813233556.GA16265@gothmog.pc> In-Reply-To: <200608131830.37010.freebsd@dfwlp.com> References: <200608131830.37010.freebsd@dfwlp.com>
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On 2006-08-13 18:30, Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> wrote:
> i almost have desktopbsd tools working perfectly... except that
> i cannot mount usb drives without opening a terminal as root,
> and chmoding /dev/da* to 660.
>
> how can i cause new devices (such as da*) to be created with
> proper permissions to let me mount it without becomming root to
> do so? ive already set up my devd.conf, and cdrom is working
> (but that one doesnt disappear/reappear like usb devices do).
You can use devfs.rules for this. The manpage has an example
that is probably pretty close to what you need:
[localrules=10]
add path 'da*s*' mode 0660 group usb
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