On October 2, 2005 02:07 pm, Micah wrote: > Nicolas Blais wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I want to be able to use usb drives as a normal user so I added the line > > : > > > > perm da0 0777 > > in /etc/devfs.conf > > > > But when I plug in the device, da0 and da0s1 is created with default > > permission : > > > > [nicblais] /dev> ll da* > > crw-r----- 1 root operator 0, 148 Oct 2 13:53 da0 > > crw-r----- 1 root operator 0, 149 Oct 2 13:53 da0s1 > > > > Although I can mount it fine as root, I have to chmod 777 to make it work > > for other users. > > > > [nicblais] /dev# chmod 777 da0* > > [nicblais] /dev# ll da* > > crwxrwxrwx 1 root operator 0, 148 Oct 2 13:53 da0* > > crwxrwxrwx 1 root operator 0, 149 Oct 2 13:53 da0s1* > > > > I'm assuming it would work if I left the usb drive plugged in while > > booting but that kinda defeats the purpose of a portable storage media. > > Is my entry in /etc/devfs.conf not correct? > > > > Any help appreciated, > > Nicolas. > > Add a something like this to devfs.rules > [system=10] > add path 'da*' mode 0660 group media > > Here I relax access to just the media group, but you could obviously > just use something like "add path 'da*' mode 0777". > > Micah
Thanks that worked! -- FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #0: Sat Oct 1 11:51:38 EDT 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CLK01A PGP? : http://66.130.198.54:8081/security/nb_root.asc
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