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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:18:10 +0930
From: Tim Aslat <tim@spyderweb.com.au>
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Subject: Re: make chmod changes to /dev files (bpf devices)
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In the immortal words of Eric Crist <ecrist@secure-computing.net>...
> What do I have to do to make chmod changes to my bpf devices so that 
> they'll return that way once I reboot?

man devfs is what you need to check, and then if you are running a
recent 5.x branch, try typing 
/etc/rc.d/devfs restart
No reboot necessary

Cheers

Tim

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