How to set device permissions at startup

[Oliver Fromme]

Roland Smith wrote:
 > Oliver Fromme wrote:
 > > Quote from the manpage:
 > > "The devfs.rules file provides an easy way to create and apply
 > > devfs(8) rules, even for devices that are not available at boot."
 > > 
 > > The rules take effect whenever a new node (devide) appears,
 > > even after devfs was mounted.
 > 
 > But one has to run '/etc/rc.d/devfs restart' for newly added rules to take
 > effect! (or reboot the system, which is overkill).

Yes, of course.  I thought that was obvious.

 > Maybe I whould add that to the manual page for devfs.rules?

Agreed, that might be an appropriate clarification.

Best regards
   Oliver

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