Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 02:16:48 +0100 From: Armin Arh <armin@pubbox.net> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Subject: Re: Palm Tx + jpilot Message-ID: <20061216011648.GC826@pubbox.net> Resent-Message-ID: <20061216011741.GD826@pubbox.net> In-Reply-To: <44wt4tmbje.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <20061215045920.GA708@pubbox.net> <200612150117.01446.amistry@am-productions.biz> <20061215062326.GD708@pubbox.net> <44wt4tmbje.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 10:19:49AM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Armin Arh <armin@pubbox.net> writes: > > > On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 01:16:46AM -0500, Anish Mistry wrote: > >> > In /etc/devfs.conf: > >> > perm cuaU0 0666 > >> > > >> > but then: > >> > ## l /dev/cuaU0 > >> > crw-rw---- 1 uucp dialer - 0, 113 Dec 15 05:00 /dev/cuaU0 > >> > > >> > The /dev/devfs.conf permissions only apply when i run > >> > "/etc/rc.d/devfs restart" This is a nogo because i have only 1 > >> > second between pressing sync on the Handheld and clicking sync on > >> > jpilot. > >> man devfs.rules > > > > Thx. > > Now devfs.rules(5) redirects me to devfs.conf(5) > > which clearly states i should set > > > > perm cuaU0 0666 > > > > and i did so as described in my initial post. > > Nevertheless the permissions became wrong. > > Maybe it works after the next reboot, which is hard to > > believe... we'll see. > > You need devfs.rules, *not* devfs.conf. > Try the manual page for the former again. > After some reading i decided to give this one a try: # devfs rule add path cuaU0 mode 666 devfs rule: ioctl DEVFSIO_RADD: Input/output error And then, i still do not understand why i need devfs.rules, because i can set the file mode in devfs.conf. Armin -- PUBBOX Postmaster + spam-killer. Free email addresses at http://pubbox.net/
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