Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 16:10:31 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> To: lysergius2001 <lysergius2001@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, "Bruce M. Simpson" <bms@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: modifying permissions in /dev Message-ID: <20080207001031.GY7399@funkthat.com> In-Reply-To: <a558ebe30802061248g7fc94faeq77606e3f67344e25@mail.gmail.com> References: <a558ebe30802021256q2659b310jc55dd3bcb7f751db@mail.gmail.com> <47A75562.7010101@FreeBSD.org> <a558ebe30802061248g7fc94faeq77606e3f67344e25@mail.gmail.com>
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lysergius2001 wrote this message on Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 20:48 +0000:
> Thanks for this.
>
> /etc/rc.d/devfs start results in
> eval: 1: syntax error: unterminated quoted string
>
> My devfs.rules looks like this
>
> [hostname_ruleset=10]
>
> add path 'da*s* mode 0666 group wheel
^
seem to be missing a quote where...
> should I add the fd0/cd0?
>
>
> On Feb 4, 2008 6:11 PM, Bruce M. Simpson <bms@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> > lysergius2001 wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Recently installed AMD64 6.3-stable and I am having a problem with
> > > devfs.conf and /dev. I understand the entries in devfs.conf should
> > modify
> > > the permissions on devices in /dev. For some reason or other this is
> > not
> > > happening. Can anyone shed some light on this? What am I doing wrong?
> >
> > Try using devfs.rules -- devfs.conf entries will not be applied after
> > boot, unless you force them to be reapplied by running /etc/rc.d/devfs
> > start from a superuser shell.
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