On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 09:28:20AM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > David Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm having problems in 5.4 getting automatic ownership and mode correct > > on /dev/bpf2. Added this to /etc/devfs.conf:
[...] > > Suspect my problem is related to [devfsrules_bpf=5] or the fact I > > haven't informed the system to apply this rule to the /dev filesystem. > > Good guess. I'm still on my first cup of coffee, and might have taken > a few more minutes to spot that. I got stuck in /etc/rc.subr studying the devfs routines without thinking to search for where they were called, /etc/rc.d/devfs. > > So where is the 'i' that I've failed to dot? > > try adding 'devfs_system_ruleset="devfsrules_bpf"' to rc.conf. Thats a leap I still haven't grasped from documentation and reading the scripts. Exactly the sort of thing hoped for by asking here! > To apply it before reboot would be something roughly like > 'devfs /dev ruleset devfsrules_bpf'. First couple of tries on variations of that didn't go. When is devfs.rules read? This did work: devfs add path 'bpf*' mode 0660 group tcpdump But by that time I had "devfs -m /dev ruleset 5" in effect which may have contributed to "devfs add path". /dev/bpf2 didn't exist, as mere user I launched tcpdump on my vlan0 device and /dev/bpf2 was created correctly! Hurray! Will see if 'devfs_system_ruleset="devfsrules_bpf"' works on reboot sometime later. :-) -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"