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NAMEdevfs.rules —
devfs configuration information
DESCRIPTIONThedevfs.rules file provides an easy way to create and
apply
devfs(8)
rules, even for devices that are not available at boot.
For devices available at boot, see devfs.conf(5). The format of this file is simple. Empty lines and lines beginning
with a hash sign (‘ Other lines are rule specifications as documented in
devfs(8),
in the section Rule
Specification. These lines are prepended with
“ Rulesets should have a unique name and number. All rules that follow a ruleset declaration belong to that ruleset, until a new ruleset is started. One custom ruleset has to be enabled in
/etc/rc.conf, otherwise it will not be applied to
the /dev file system by the default system startup
process. For example, to enable a
“ devfs_system_ruleset="localrules" The rules are loaded at boot via the devfs service. To load modified rules after the system has booted, run the command: service devfs restart FILES
EXAMPLESTo make all the partitions of da(4) devices readable and writable by their owner and the “usb ” group, the following rule may be
used:
[localrules=10] add path 'da*s*' mode 0660 group
usb The first line declares and starts a new ruleset, with the name localrules and the number 10. To give
usbconfig(8)
and
libusb(3)
enabled applications permission to all usb devices for their owner and the
“ add path 'usb/*' mode 0660 group
usb SEE ALSOglob(3), devfs(5), devfs.conf(5), devfs(8), service(8)AUTHORSThis manual page was written by Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>.
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