Basic setup of the devfs.rules file for FreeBSD

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devfs.rules

If you have not yet read the devfs.rules man page and taken a look at the default rulesets /etc/defaults/devfs.rules please do so first.

Last Updated 2006-04-23

devfs.rules controls device node permissions and ownership by defining rulesets. If you have never setup devfs.rules the easiest way to get started is to create a default system ruleset that you will use.

1. Add the following the /etc/devfs.rules:
   [system=10]
   This defines a ruleset named system.
2. Add to your /etc/rc.conf:
   devfs_system_ruleset="system"
   This sets the system ruleset that you just created as the default system ruleset for device ownership and permissions.
3. Restart devfs: /etc/rc.d/devfs restart