Re: Comment on devfs.conf

From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 22:55:41 +0200
In message <200305151653.43540.jeff_at_walters.name>, Jeff Walters writes:
>The new /etc/devfs.conf arrangement is a good thing but it doesn't work for 
>devices that are created on the fly after boot, and it gives an error on 
>wildcards on device names.  
>
>I suggest for /etc/rc.d/devfs that instead of changing the permissions and 
>ownerships directly on device nodes, create a default devfs ruleset based on 
>/etc/devfs.conf entries and apply the set.  For example, previously you could 
>modify /etc/rc.devfs with the logic like:

I must admit that I should have looked at this, now that I have, I fully
agree:  The policy setup at boot should be not just applied once, but
made the default ruleset.

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