Re: SOLVED: rule won't change group or permissions

Re: SOLVED: rule won't change group or permissions

[Robby Workman]

Dexter Filmore wrote:
> Slackware 11.0rc3, kernel 2.6.17.9, udev 097
> 
> In ruled.d I added a file dvd.rules whcih contains:
> 
> BUS="ide", KERNEL="hdc", SYMLINK+="dvd", GROUP="xcdwrite", MODE="0666"
> BUS="ide", KERNEL="hdd", SYMLINK+="brenner", GROUP="xcdwrite", MODE="0666"
> 
> While the symlinks are set properly and hence the rule seems to be parsed and 
> processed, the group and permissions settings do not take effect.
> I don't know what I'm doing wrong here.


Solved offlist on ##slackware@freenode.

The dvd.rules file entries above were properly setting ownership,
but the default udev.rules file (which is looked after dvd.rules)
was changing them to the system default gid of "cdrom."  Changing
the GROUP="whatever" to GROUP:="whatever" makes it permanent -
from udev(7):
:= Assign a value to a key finally; disallow any later changes,
which may be used to prevent changes by any later rules.

RW

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