In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Malone writes:
>On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 05:36:04PM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Crist J. Clark" writes
>> :
>> >I've checked the manpages, the files in /etc, and Googled, and I can't
>> >find the answer. I am begining to worry there isn't one. How does one
>> >change the permissions on dynamically created devices? That is, when
>> >the node comes into existence, it has the permissions I want, and not
>> >necessarily the defaults.
>>
>> The overall plan is that it will be possible to push a ruleset into
>> the kernel which changes the defaults. ETA: this summer (If I have to
>> do it, if somebody wants to help code it it can probably be done faster).
>
>I have a very similar problem trying to sync my Handspring Visor
>as a regular user 'cos the devices only come into existance when
>you press the sync button.
>
>Do you have any designs for this ruleset stuff? From what you said
>at BSDconEurope it will have to be fairly complicated to achieve
>the your aim of being better than a static permission for a given
>device.
Not really, the basic idea is just a linked list of rules:
name=="/dev/uscanner*" -> chmod 0644
driver=="bpf" -> chown user
It's not too much work, I just havn't had the time for it yet.
(Junior Kernel Hackers can apply here :-)
>Otherwise, one option would just be to have devfs check for a file
>in the /dev directory it is mounted over and then use that files
>permissions as a default. That would at least get us back the
>features of the old /dev which we're missing now.
This is much harder than you think...
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