/etc/devfs.conf not working properly

[Jim Stapleton]

Thank you, I couldn't find the user mount flag. It's not in the files
comments, the sysctl (3)(8) man page or the sysctl.conf (8) man page.
Where can I find it listed?

Thanks,
-Jim Stapleton

On 5/15/07, Daniel Molina Wegener <dmw at unete.cl> wrote:
>
> El Mar, 15 de Mayo de 2007, 13:53, Jim Stapleton escribió:
> > I have my /etc/devfs.conf file set to make some of my files
> > mountable/readable directly for normal users (specifically CD/DVD
> > devices). However, the original permissions are being retained. Am I
> > doing something wrong in the setup? (I have rebooted the machine since
> > these entries were created)
> >
> >
> > devfs.conf:
> > ========================================
> > link    acd0    cdrom
> > link    acd0    dvd
> >
> > link    acd0    dvd0
> > link    acd1    dvd1
> >
> > link    acd0    cdrom0
> > link    acd1    cdrom1
> >
> > own     acd0    root:operator
> > own     acd1    root:operator
> > own     dvd     root:operator
> > own     cdrom   root:operator
> > own     dvd0    root:operator
> > own     dvd1    root:operator
> > own     cdrom0  root:operator
> > own     cdrom1  root:operator
> >
> > perm    acd0    0770
> > perm    acd1    0770
> > perm    dvd     0770
> > perm    cdrom   0770
> > perm    dvd0    0770
> > perm    dvd1    0770
> > perm    cdrom0  0770
> > perm    cdrom0  0770
> >
> >
> >
> > #memory disks
> > own     mdctl   root:operator
> > perm    mdctl   770
> >
> >
> > # Allow a user in the wheel group to query the smb0 device
> > #perm   smb0    0660
> >
> > # Allow members of group operator to cat things to the speaker
> > #own    speaker root:operator
> > #perm   speaker 0660
> > ========================================
> >
> >
> > the majority of the relevant files look like this:
> > ========================================
> > sjss at elrond 13:50:52 (0) /etc  > ls -l /dev | grep dvd
> > lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel            4 May 10 05:32 dvd -> acd0
> > lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel            4 May 10 05:32 dvd0 -> acd0
> > lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel            4 May 10 05:32 dvd1 -> acd1
> > sjss at elrond 13:51:03 (0) /etc  > ls -l /dev | grep cd
> > crwxrwx---  1 root  operator    0,  89 May 10 05:31 acd0
> > crwxrwx---  1 root  operator    0,  90 May 10 05:31 acd1
> > lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel            4 May 10 05:32 cdrom -> acd0
> > lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel            4 May 10 05:32 cdrom0 -> acd0
> > lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel            4 May 10 05:32 cdrom1 -> acd1
> > lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel            4 May 10 05:32 dvd -> acd0
> > lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel            4 May 10 05:32 dvd0 -> acd0
> > lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel            4 May 10 05:32 dvd1 -> acd1
> > ========================================
> >
> >
> > Their permssions are not correct at all, except for acd0/acd1. Any
> > suggestions on what would cause this one?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > -Jim Stapleton
> > [SNIP]
> >
>
> Hello,
>
>    Try the user mount flag with sysctl. You can set the flag on boot editing the
> /etc/sysctl.conf file.
>
> Regards,
> --
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