Bug 39857

Description Giorgos Keramidas 2002-06-25 23:20:01 UTC

 On 2002-06-25 05:25 +0000, Ross Lippert wrote:
 > 
 > >How about adding a note here that DEVFS links are not persistent, and
 > >will have to be created every time the system reboots? :-)
 > 
 > Good point about the impermanence of devfs.  In fact, I know very little
 > about how devfs works -- I just wanted to put something here so as not
 > to get too out of date when 5.X arrives.
 > 
 > I think there is actually some conf file in which you can not only specify
 > such links but also give writablility permissions to users/groups.  I saw
 > something once about this in a discussion somewhere.
 
 In recent CURRENT versions there are /etc/rc.devfs (the usual place
 where custom DEVFS links/permissions or other persistent state can be
 added), and (for those of us who have adopted rc_ng, the NetBSD style
 rc-scripts) there is always /etc/rc.d/devfs.
 
 > I'll ask on freebsd-questions or browse the web, and hopefully be able to
 > say something better about this.
 
 No need.  I can do that.  Work on the rest of the chapter, and I'll
 add what is needed to make the DEVFS part a bit more detailed.