/dev/ulpt0 -- How is it created?

2012-02-08 Thread Ronald F. Guilmette
It would appear that the device node /dev/ulpt0 gets (re-)created every time I plug my USB printer back in. Could somebody please kindly tell me what the exact mechanism is that causes this device node to be (re-)created upon such events? I am rather hoping that whatever that mechanism is, that

RE: /dev/ulpt0 -- How is it created?

2012-02-08 Thread Devin Teske
-Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Ronald F. Guilmette Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 1:58 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: /dev/ulpt0 -- How is it created? It would appear

/dev/ulpt0 -- How is it created?

2012-02-08 Thread Robert Huff
Ronald F. Guilmette writes: I am rather hoping that whatever that mechanism is, that I can diddle it somehow so that every time /dev/ulpt0 gets created, it will be created with perms set to 0666. (Sorry, yes, I'm almost totally ignorant about how these kinds of transient device