From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 13 23:36:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 085FD16A4DA for ; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 23:36:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BB6F43D5F for ; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 23:36:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.pc (root@dialup131.ach.sch.gr [81.186.70.131]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.13.7/8.13.7/Debian-2) with ESMTP id k7DNa8xR028708 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 14 Aug 2006 02:36:12 +0300 Received: from gothmog.pc (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.pc (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k7DNZuSF025015; Mon, 14 Aug 2006 02:35:57 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.pc (8.13.7/8.13.7/Submit) id k7DNZudg025014; Mon, 14 Aug 2006 02:35:56 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 02:35:56 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Jonathan Horne Message-ID: <20060813233556.GA16265@gothmog.pc> References: <200608131830.37010.freebsd@dfwlp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200608131830.37010.freebsd@dfwlp.com> X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-4.012, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.39, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: working with dbsd-tools X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 23:36:47 -0000 On 2006-08-13 18:30, Jonathan Horne 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