Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:48:32 +0000 From: lysergius2001 <lysergius2001@gmail.com> To: "Bruce M. Simpson" <bms@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: modifying permissions in /dev Message-ID: <a558ebe30802061248g7fc94faeq77606e3f67344e25@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <47A75562.7010101@FreeBSD.org> References: <a558ebe30802021256q2659b310jc55dd3bcb7f751db@mail.gmail.com> <47A75562.7010101@FreeBSD.org>
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Hi Bruce, 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 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. > > BMS > -- Lysergius says "Stay light and trust gravity"
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