From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 7 20:03:00 2011 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 1572A1065673 for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2011 20:03:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C72BA8FC08 for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2011 20:02:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id pB7K2xoB070518; Wed, 7 Dec 2011 13:02:59 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) with ESMTP id pB7K2wp7070515; Wed, 7 Dec 2011 13:02:58 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 13:02:58 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Mike Clarke In-Reply-To: <201112071607.09728.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> Message-ID: References: <201112051708.16072.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> <20111207095651.3688de01@vixen42.vulpes.vvelox.net> <201112071607.09728.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:02:59 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "Zane C. B-H." Subject: Re: umass to /dev/da* mapping 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: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:03:00 -0000 On Wed, 7 Dec 2011, Mike Clarke wrote: > On Wednesday 07 December 2011, Zane C. B-H. wrote: > >> On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 08:39:30 -0700 (MST) >> >> Warren Block wrote: >>> On Wed, 7 Dec 2011, Zane C. B-H. wrote: >>>> Still you will want to investigate what I've mentioned. It will >>>> drastically simplify permission stuff as well as make automatic. >>>> The devfs stuff is just not boottime only, but will be applied to >>>> any new device added etc post boot. >>> >>> Are you sure of that? Seems like devfs permissions are only >>> applied when devfs(8) apply/applyset commands are run, directly or >>> through /etc/rc.d/devfs. >> >> Yeah, I am sure of that. It is what I have setup here. >> >> /etc/devfs.conf - This one only affects boot time stuff. >> >> /dec/devfs.rules - This one contains the rules will be applied during >> and post boot. It will also require you to specify which to use in >> "/etc/rc.conf" as this file can contain multiple rule sets. Tested, and I agree. It'll set permissions on dynamically added devices. Sorry about that. > But can I use that to dynamically set up my link to the new device when > the memory stick is inserted? No, devfs.rules can't run arbitrary code when a device is added. devd.conf is the place for that. Actually, create a new .conf file in /etc/devd/ for your own customizations.