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author | Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu> | 2007-09-29 23:42:45 +0000 |
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committer | Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu> | 2007-09-29 23:42:45 +0000 |
commit | 115c3de2299409738fcc048e19a065ba3608ed82 (patch) | |
tree | 99d5e2037b2f89a9e791532b818f3f19afc93d93 /README.bsd | |
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Include DragonFly BSD in the list of BSDs to which this applies.
Add information on how to set the mode, owner, and/or group of the BPF
devices in FreeBSD with devfs.
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diff --git a/README.bsd b/README.bsd index eba96b8998..073c5c402a 100644 --- a/README.bsd +++ b/README.bsd @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ $Id$ -Installing Wireshark on FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD +Installing Wireshark on FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD/DragonFly BSD ======================================================================== 1. Extra packages required @@ -80,4 +80,34 @@ that need to use Wireshark to the wheel group. Check your operating system's documentation on how to make permanent these changes as they are often reset upon reboot; if /dev is implemented with devfs, it might be possible to configure devfs to create all bpf devices owned by a -particular user and/or group and with particular permissions. +particular user and/or group and with particular permissions. In +FreeBSD 6.0 and later this can be done by creating an /etc/devfs.rules +file with content such as + + [localrules=10] + add path 'bpf*' {mode and permissons} + +where "mode and permissions" can include clauses such as + + mode {octal permissions} + +to set the permissions on the device (e.g., "mode 0660" to set the +permissions to rw-rw-r--), + + user {user} + +to set the user who owns the device, or + + group {group} + +to set the group that owns the device and adding a line such as + + devfs_system_ruleset=localrules + +to /etc/rc.conf. For example, an /etc/devfs.rules file with + + [localrules=10] + add path 'bpf*' mode 0660 group wheel + +will grant read and write permissions on all BPF devices to all users in +the "wheel" group. |