/etc/devfs.conf not working properly

Daniel Molina Wegener dmw at unete.cl
Tue May 15 21:00:09 UTC 2007


El Mar, 15 de Mayo de 2007, 15:12, Jim Stapleton escribió:
> 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?

   Hello, try:

   sysctl -a | grep user

   This (sysctl -a) gives you a complete list of available kernel options...
some of them
are readonly...

>
> 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,
>> --
>>  .O. | Daniel Molina Wegener   | C/C++ Developer
>>  ..O | dmw [at] unete [dot] cl | FOSS Coding Adict
>>  OOO | BSD & Linux User        | Standards Rocks!
>>
>>
>>
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