Questions about groups.

[Old Crankbuster]

* Polytropon <freebsd at edvax.de> [2009-05-04 21:02:29 +0200]:
 
> > [...] and of
> > course 'wheel'.
> 
> Why "of course"? :-)
> 

Umm, linuxism habit :-)


> There are several groups that you can add your user to, but because
> you're already in wheel, you don't have to (such as the "dialer"
> group for ppp).
> 
> 
> 
> > I am not seeing such things as plugdev,audio,cdrom in etc/group after
> > initial install.
> 
> No, they seem to be "Linuxisms". :-)
> 

:-)
 
> FreeBSD manages the things you're requiring through two important
> files: /etc/devfs.conf (and /etc/devfs.rules) and /etc/devd.conf.
> 
> The devfs files control the virtual device file system. It allows
> you to have permissions on a per-device file basis. These files are
> those that are present from system startup on.
> 
> The devd file controls how the system should react if it detects
> new devices while it's already running.
> 
> See the manpages for these files. Yes, they do exist. :-)

Excellent.  Many thanks. :-)

-- 
Cheers 
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