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Date:      Thu, 07 Oct 2004 15:32:35 +0200
From:      Franz Klammer <klammer@webonaut.com>
To:        vova@fbsd.ru
Cc:        gnome <freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: gnome 2.8 Changes for FAQ: 19. How do I mount my removablemedia in Nautilus?
Message-ID:  <41654573.6030502@webonaut.com>
In-Reply-To: <1097149827.1248.29.camel@localhost>
References:  <41652770.8040308@webonaut.com> <1097149827.1248.29.camel@localhost>

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Vladimir Grebenschikov wrote:

>В чт, 07/10/2004 в 13:24 +0200, Franz Klammer пишет:
>
>>. (maybe) OT question: when i insert my memory stick the access right set
>>   for the device created by usbd (/dev/da0s1) don't allow access from a
>>   normal user. currently i helped my with a dirty trick:
>>
>>   adding to /etc/devfs.conf:
>>      perm da0s1 0666
>>
>>   and to /etc/usbd.conf:
>>      device "MEGA"
>>           devname "umass0"
>>           attach "/bin/sleep 5; /etc/rc.d/devfs restart"
>>
>>   if there is a (which i'm sure there is) a good solution that
>>   should also be added to the FAQ.
>>    
>>
>
>I guess it is much better to use devfs.rules file:
>
>% cat /etc/devfs.rules
>[devfsrules_common=7]
>add path 'da*'   mode 660 group operator
>add path 'acd*'  mode 660 group operator
>add path 'cd*'   mode 660 group operator
>add path 'pass*' mode 660 group operator
>add path 'xpt*'  mode 660 group operator
>% fgrep devfs /etc/rc.conf
>devfs_system_ruleset="devfsrules_common"
>% 
>
>This approach configures device permission on devfs on adding drive
>automatically, also with ATA-based (or any other not-USB) memory stick
>there is no USB attach event. 
>('operator' group can be changed to 'cdrom' or like)
>  
>
works (like expected) perfekt! :-)
another sideeffect of this solution:

i added myself to group operator. now the logout dialog provides me two
new options:

- reboot
- shutdown

i don't had to return to gdm to shut down the pc now :-)

franz.



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