From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 5 00:54:04 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 134CD1065672 for ; Tue, 5 May 2009 00:54:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from crankbuster@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f213.google.com (mail-bw0-f213.google.com [209.85.218.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86B168FC17 for ; Tue, 5 May 2009 00:54:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from crankbuster@gmail.com) Received: by bwz9 with SMTP id 9so4091814bwz.43 for ; Mon, 04 May 2009 17:54:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-disposition:in-reply-to:organization:user-agent; bh=Q00+QbO7vLvJ/eiCpsftPOfUw17ZssszTOkbv7CFtcw=; b=NJ28JyUHq/TSARiD84M0xY9aCmIGXCPqxioOXKG3MzXadmLvNkwKwii6Kt7iLTvNM5 mAjB837S2uEcLubXHwW3wu3e2oO91qNveuze8W1+OUfge6mosBjnw2f2VmUnS4ea6jyr B2vYsNhTNsfWFiE2ZhkQdSdi69dki1hjCAEvo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :organization:user-agent; b=AU0FhwqLIuWfOiGt0wi21XrSD7SW54Md2mNCFcfHvgQM5ou0E+R0PM8QILgVkF/ch8 wpZSaz0aWAfEtg/wzQO2Yy7f1prlSyNJb/ZXBQNYPGLsa95CRgvUokmIp3jNn622v7V/ GY7Uqod8TrGOcLsBvXfpWuxaBw7VLWJ9+bvAI= Received: by 10.103.252.17 with SMTP id e17mr4017781mus.14.1241484842322; Mon, 04 May 2009 17:54:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (ppp-124-121-40-231.revip2.asianet.co.th [124.121.40.231]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id j9sm17809401mue.51.2009.05.04.17.53.59 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 04 May 2009 17:54:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 07:53:51 +0700 From: Old Crankbuster To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090505005351.GB6564@gecko.davescrunch.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20090504141834.GA5348@gecko.davescrunch.net> <20090504210229.c10231a2.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="yNb1oOkm5a9FJOVX" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090504210229.c10231a2.freebsd@edvax.de> Organization: (something or other) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Subject: Re: Questions about groups. 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: Tue, 05 May 2009 00:54:04 -0000 --yNb1oOkm5a9FJOVX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Polytropon [2009-05-04 21:02:29 +0200]: =20 > > [...] and of > > course 'wheel'. >=20 > Why "of course"? :-) >=20 Umm, linuxism habit :-) > There are several groups that you can add your user to, but because > you're already in wheel, you don't have to (such as the "dialer" > group for ppp). >=20 >=20 >=20 > > I am not seeing such things as plugdev,audio,cdrom in etc/group after > > initial install. >=20 > No, they seem to be "Linuxisms". :-) >=20 :-) =20 > FreeBSD manages the things you're requiring through two important > files: /etc/devfs.conf (and /etc/devfs.rules) and /etc/devd.conf. >=20 > The devfs files control the virtual device file system. It allows > you to have permissions on a per-device file basis. These files are > those that are present from system startup on. >=20 > The devd file controls how the system should react if it detects > new devices while it's already running. >=20 > See the manpages for these files. Yes, they do exist. :-) Excellent. Many thanks. :-) --=20 Cheers=20 --yNb1oOkm5a9FJOVX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkn/jh8ACgkQ5cpRcLTxAv7SiACeK5WbNryyOkUr4VpqojR7SUv3 GqsAnAm1CV2d/TNf948bJFSUjxcCq4PF =Ixwu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --yNb1oOkm5a9FJOVX--