From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 1 03:38:53 2005 Return-Path: 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 3FD8916A4CE for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 03:38:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pd4mo1so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA75B43D4C for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 03:38:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dfarmour@myrealbox.com) Received: from pd4mr5so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr5so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.50])2004))freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:38:52 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml4so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.148]) by pd4mr5so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IE900LYC0SSF2E0@pd4mr5so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:38:52 -0700 (MST) Received: from S0106000d87ae2db6.gv.shawcable.net (S0106000d87ae2db6.gv.shawcable.net [24.108.146.24]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0IE900A6H0SR3G@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:38:52 -0700 (MST) Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 19:39:28 -0800 From: David Armour In-reply-to: <20050330005617.A908F16A59C@hub.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <200503311939.28637.dfarmour@myrealbox.com> Organization: dfarmour.org MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline References: <20050330005617.A908F16A59C@hub.freebsd.org> User-Agent: KMail/1.7 cc: Danny Pansters Subject: Re: FW: dmesg -a lines' explanation? NEWBIE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 03:38:53 -0000 hello Danny, thanks for your help, and sorry for the delay getting back to you. > > /etc/devfs.conf:perm xpt0 0666 #permissions are set properly at > > boot > > ... i'll have to take another google around, later > perm means permissions are being set, xpt0 is the device ('ls /dev') 0666 > are the permissions. 4=read-only, 5=readable-and-executable, > 6=readable-writable, 7=readable-writable-executable. See 'man chmod'. The pretty incredible that i didn't get a chance to actually do any googling before i had more info than i knew what to do with! for example: > Devfs is a lot better than the static devices we had before (4.X and > before) where all possible devices (when supported in the kernel or with > modules) had to be hardcoded whether they were really present or not. > FWIW, I have a great preference for using grep after a pipe, I get confused > by its options also so I tend to avoid them (except -v), e.g > cat file | awk { something } | sed s/something/something_else/g | grep > keyword i'm way far away from understanding awk & sed. so {something}, in this case would be {permissions are set properly at boot}? but what's the "sed /something/something_else/g"... etc.? > Look into tools and learn the few that for some reason appeal to you. Learn > some inside out and others briefly. There's many ways to Rome you know... seven, as i recall. or was that hills? sono perplesso! > For general tricks and tips search for general unix/shell/sh/bash/csh > how-to's and console tips. The book Unix Power Tools is a great resource i got that one out of the library a few months back, and yes, it was helpful. i'll google for the how-to's & console tips. thanks for the recommendations! > HTH, big time. gracias. dave