From owner-freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 7 18:43:50 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34C0D16A4CE for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 18:43:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rwcrmhc11.comcast.net (rwcrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.198.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11F1943D3F for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 18:43:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rodrigc@crodrigues.org) Received: from h00609772adf0.ne.client2.attbi.com ([66.30.114.143]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc11) with ESMTP id <2004110718434901300brolee>; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 18:43:49 +0000 Received: from h00609772adf0.ne.client2.attbi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) iA7Iho8q082385 for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 13:43:50 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rodrigc@h00609772adf0.ne.client2.attbi.com) Received: (from rodrigc@localhost)iA7Ihn0V082384 for freebsd-usb@freebsd.org; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 13:43:49 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rodrigc) Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 13:43:49 -0500 From: Craig Rodrigues To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041107184349.GA82359@crodrigues.org> References: <20041107064227.GA79915@crodrigues.org> <418DC94E.3010003@elischer.org> <20041107161605.GA81779@crodrigues.org> <20041107190937.13777739@Magellan.Leidinger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041107190937.13777739@Magellan.Leidinger.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Re: Changing permissions of /dev/usb[n] to 664? X-BeenThere: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD support for USB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 18:43:50 -0000 On Sun, Nov 07, 2004 at 07:09:37PM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Can it be used to read data which may not readable without this change > (e.g. can you access umass devices via usb[n])? No, umass devices show up in /dev as /dev/da[n] for disks and USB keys, /dev/cd[n] for CD-ROMs. The permissions on these devices are independent of the permissions on /dev/usb. These are the permissiosn when I plug in my USB key: crw-rw-r-- 1 root operator 241, 255 Nov 5 15:38 /dev/usb crw-rw-r-- 1 root operator 241, 0 Nov 5 15:38 /dev/usb0 crw-rw-r-- 1 root operator 241, 1 Nov 5 15:38 /dev/usb1 crw-rw-r-- 1 root operator 241, 2 Nov 5 15:38 /dev/usb2 crw-r----- 1 root operator 229, 17 Nov 5 15:38 /dev/da0 crw-r----- 1 root operator 229, 19 Nov 5 15:38 /dev/da0a crw-r----- 1 root operator 229, 20 Nov 5 15:38 /dev/da0c crw-r----- 1 root operator 229, 18 Nov 5 15:38 /dev/da0s1 -- Craig Rodrigues http://crodrigues.org rodrigc@crodrigues.org