modifying permissions in /dev

[Bruce M. Simpson]

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