[CentOS] help with udev rules needed

rray_1 at comcast.net rray_1 at comcast.net
Wed Jan 21 20:30:22 UTC 2009


On Wed, 21 Jan 2009, Farkas Levente wrote:

> rray_1 at comcast.net wrote:
>> I am migrating from Fedora 8 to CentOS 5.2
>> I have usb dvd
>>
>> On F8 I have /etc/udev/rules/00-my-custom.rules
>> BUS=="scsi", SYSFS{vendor}=="TSSTcorp", SYSFS{model}=="CDDVDW SH-S203N
>> ",SYMLINK="dvd",OWNER="rray"
>> When I plug in dvd I get
>> $ ll /dev/scd1
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Aug 25 08:17 /dev/scd1 -> sr1
>>   ll /dev/sr1
>> brw-r----- 1 rray disk 11, 1 2009-01-21 12:29 /dev/sr1
>> Everything is ok
>>
>> On C5.2 I have /etc/udev/rules/00-my-custom.rules
>> BUS=="scsi", SYSFS{vendor}=="TSSTcorp", SYSFS{model}=="CDDVDW SH-S203N
>> ",SYMLINK="dvd",OWNER="rray"
>> When I plug in dvd I get
>> # ll /dev/scd0
>> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 11, 0 Jan 21 12:30 /dev/scd0
>> I have also tried MODE="0666" and it also has no affect
>>
>> I have checked "udevinfo -a -p $(udevinfo -q path -n /dev/scd0/1)" on both
>> machines and they are the same
>
> what's the problem?
> the above rule has nothing to do with sdcX it's just create dvd symlink,
> the device itself created by system udev rules.
>
>

On C5.2 the device has root:disk ownership and 660 perms
The OWNER="rray" part of the udev rule appears to be ignored
How can I change the owner to "rray" or perms to "0666"

Richard Ray



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