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authorkay.sievers@vrfy.org <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>2003-11-24 22:27:25 -0800
committerGreg KH <gregkh@suse.de>2005-04-26 21:13:04 -0700
commit5b8ba50aa27680e14dddde6248f65cc175f933ab (patch)
tree2338d53a82b88472680de6653f096f9a3b739886
parent5499d319057de0ca6407e07ef99069610633f56f (diff)
[PATCH] udev.8 tweak numeric id text
04-udev.8-tweak-numeric-id-text.diff o change "return value" to "returned string" o add textual owner/group example for udev.permissions o mention klibc compile as special case for udev.permissions o remove duplicated numeric owner clause
-rw-r--r--udev.820
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/udev.8 b/udev.8
index e9470838b4..1500b3b424 100644
--- a/udev.8
+++ b/udev.8
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ the kernel minor number for the device
the bus id for the device
.TP
.B %c
-the CALLOUT program return value (this does not work within the PROGRAM field for the obvious reason.)
+the CALLOUT program returned string
+(this does not work within the PROGRAM field for the obvious reason.)
.RE
.P
A sample \fIudev.conf\fP might look like this:
@@ -134,26 +135,25 @@ Permissions and ownership for the created device files may specified at
The file consists of a set of lines. All empty lines and
lines beginning with a '#' will be ignored.
.br
-Every line lists a device name followed by numeric owner, group and permission
+Every line lists a device name followed by owner, group and permission
mode. All values are separated by colons. The name field may end with a
wildcard to apply the values to a whole class of devices.
.br
-If udev was built using glibc, string owner and group names may be used.
+If
+.B udev
+was built using klibc or is used before the user database is accessible (e.g.
+.B initrd
+), only numeric owner and group values may be used.
.sp
A sample \fIudev.permissions\fP might look like this:
.sp
.nf
#name:user:group:mode
+input/*:root:root:644
ttyUSB1:0:8:0660
-video*:500:500:0660
+video*:root:video:0660
dsp1:::0666
.fi
-.P
-If
-.B
-udev
-was built using glibc, string owner and group names may be used.
-
.SH "FILES"
.nf
.ft B