From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 9 16:54:12 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 585191065672 for ; Fri, 9 Oct 2009 16:54:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D16338FC16 for ; Fri, 9 Oct 2009 16:54:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n99GrsDL028288; Fri, 9 Oct 2009 18:54:09 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n99Grsfg028286; Fri, 9 Oct 2009 18:53:54 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) From: Oliver Fromme Message-Id: <200910091653.n99Grsfg028286@lurza.secnetix.de> To: rsmith@xs4all.nl (Roland Smith) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 18:53:53 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <20091009160334.GB90880@slackbox.xs4all.nl> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL8] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:54:09 +0200 (CEST) Cc: aryeh.friedman@gmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to set device permissions at startup 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: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:54:12 -0000 Roland Smith wrote: > Oliver Fromme wrote: > > Quote from the manpage: > > "The devfs.rules file provides an easy way to create and apply > > devfs(8) rules, even for devices that are not available at boot." > > > > The rules take effect whenever a new node (devide) appears, > > even after devfs was mounted. > > But one has to run '/etc/rc.d/devfs restart' for newly added rules to take > effect! (or reboot the system, which is overkill). Yes, of course. I thought that was obvious. > Maybe I whould add that to the manual page for devfs.rules? Agreed, that might be an appropriate clarification. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd With Perl you can manipulate text, interact with programs, talk over networks, drive Web pages, perform arbitrary precision arithmetic, and write programs that look like Snoopy swearing.