modifying permissions in /dev

[lysergius2001]

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 at 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
>



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