Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 22:03:57 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Jeremy Lea <reg@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: setting device permissions for DEVFS Message-ID: <11056.970344237@critter> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 30 Sep 2000 12:06:07 PDT." <20000930120607.C349@shale.csir.co.za>
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In message <20000930120607.C349@shale.csir.co.za>, Jeremy Lea writes: >Hi, > >On Sat, Sep 30, 2000 at 01:53:12PM -0500, Mike Meyer wrote: >> Well, I like your idea better than mine (though device_chmods="first >> second etc" then chmod_first, chmod_second, chmod_etc would be better >> names), but meant to ask - is there some reason that /etc/fbtab can't >> be used for this? Possibly with some beefing up (/etc/defaults, for >> instance)? >> >> Of course, it needs to handle symlinks. I'd rather fix the symlink for >> /dev/scanner than reconfigure sane when I add a new device. Possibly >> device_links, or more work on fbtab? > >Can mtree not be used for this? Seems like the quickest and cleanest >solution to me... You guys are overlooking something about DEVFS: devices may appear post-boot. We need a generic "devd" which finds out that devices have appeared, set their perms (if needed/wanted) and executes any commands needed (getty, mount, etc etc) by the device. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD coreteam member | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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