On 07/07/05 01:11 AM, Roland Smith sat at the `puter and typed: > On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 04:11:41PM -0400, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > > I have my devfs config set up to allow certain devices to be mounted > > by users in the cdusers group as follows: > > > > own da1 root:cdusers > > perm da1 0660 > > own da1a root:cdusers > > perm da1a 0660 > > own da1c root:cdusers > > perm da1c 0660 > > own da1s1 root:cdusers > > perm da1s1 0660 > > > > Problem is it doesn't work unless I go in as root and manually restart > > the devfs facility with `/etc/rc.d/devfs restart` > > Configuration for devices present at boot goes into devfs.conf. For > hotpluggable devices, the rules (with slightly different format) should > go in devfs.rules. > > The manual pages I wrote for devfs.conf and devfs.rules were committed > to CURRENT a couple of weeks ago. I don't know if and when they will > appear in 5-STABLE. But you can find them on my FreeBSD webpage: > http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/freebsd/ This page has some more info about > setting this up. > > HTH
Excellent. This is exactly what I was looking for. My pluggable USB devices are all falling in line now. Thank you! Lou -- Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD-at-keyslapper-DOT-net Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) Please send off-list email to: leblanc at keyslapper d.t net Key fingerprint = C5E7 4762 F071 CE3B ED51 4FB8 AF85 A2FE 80C8 D9A2 What the scientists have in their briefcases is terrifying. -- Nikita Khruschev
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