Re: [FAQ pointer] Re: Non-root access to peripheral file devices
Joe Altman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [copying the original poster in my somewhat related followup] > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 01:01:06PM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > Dr Lyman Hazelton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Perhaps this is discussed somewhere, but so far I haven't found > > > anything that helps. > > > > "How do I let ordinary users mount floppies, CDROMs and other removable media?" > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#USER-FLOPPYMOUNT > > These conditions are "anded", right? Which conditions are you referring to? > While I'm asking silly questions: is there a way to exclude certain > devices or directories from the effects of updating world? In my > experience, it seems rare that MAKEDEV must be run, but it would be > nice if /var/mail were left at 1777 across updates; a bonus if, once I > changed perms around on a device like the cdrom, it stayed changed. I use MAKEDEF.local to store my changes to device permissions. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: [FAQ pointer] Re: Non-root access to peripheral file devices
[copying the original poster in my somewhat related followup] On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 01:01:06PM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Dr Lyman Hazelton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Perhaps this is discussed somewhere, but so far I haven't found > > anything that helps. > > "How do I let ordinary users mount floppies, CDROMs and other removable media?" > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#USER-FLOPPYMOUNT These conditions are "anded", right? While I'm asking silly questions: is there a way to exclude certain devices or directories from the effects of updating world? In my experience, it seems rare that MAKEDEV must be run, but it would be nice if /var/mail were left at 1777 across updates; a bonus if, once I changed perms around on a device like the cdrom, it stayed changed. I'm thinking along the lines of the ignore categories in pkgtools.conf... ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
[FAQ pointer] Re: Non-root access to peripheral file devices
Dr Lyman Hazelton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Perhaps this is discussed somewhere, but so far I haven't found > anything that helps. "How do I let ordinary users mount floppies, CDROMs and other removable media?" http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#USER-FLOPPYMOUNT ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
