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Subject: Re: /dev files default permissions
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Alexander Renn wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to find how to change the default permissions of files created in
> /dev.
> I want /dev/bpf* to be created with 660 permissions instead of 600.
> 
> Is there another way to do this instead of:
> # touch /dev/bpf[n]
> and then
> # chmod /dev/bpf[n]
> ?

You want to read the devfs.rules(5) manual page.