Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:54:22 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> Cc: herbs <herbert.raimund@gmx.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /dev files keep no permissions Message-ID: <20090923175422.GA22812@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <4AB9C3BC.9000904@otenet.gr> References: <20090923063805.GA21788@greencat.langhans.com.pl> <4AB9C3BC.9000904@otenet.gr>
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--J2SCkAp4GZ/dPZZf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 09:44:12AM +0300, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > herbs wrote: > > Hi Daemons, > > I wonder whats wrong there: > > > > I need to change the permissions from=20 > > /dev/speaker 600 to /dev/speaker 666 > > --all works ok. > > > > Then I reboot the computer and the permissions of the file is back to 6= 00. > > > > How to make it permanent? Is is normal that /dev files do what they > > want? >=20 > Yes :) > The /dev filesystem is dynamic, it is recreated at every boot. For your > setting to persist, enter it in /etc/devfs.conf >=20 > The examples in there will help you out, although probably this is the > line you need: >=20 > perm speaker 0666 One important caveat; /etc/devfs.conf works only for devices that are available at boot time. For devices that are created during runtime, like e.g. usb devices, you have to use /etc/devfs.rules instead. The format of b= oth files is explained in their respective manual pages. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --J2SCkAp4GZ/dPZZf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkq6YM4ACgkQEnfvsMMhpyV0WQCcC05LggmYloOH10KN34pA1JJv dTIAn0WLh8eljvKfcFJvMlLaljmiaOnG =uqKR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --J2SCkAp4GZ/dPZZf--
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