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authorkay.sievers@vrfy.org <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>2004-04-02 16:59:04 -0800
committerGreg KH <gregkh@suse.de>2005-04-26 21:35:14 -0700
commita53277558395dd30ed15dec3c9af6bab01fadfea (patch)
tree8626edc895fdc2187a0112bb9050a38d667e9eb6 /udev.8.in
parent1e799babb6f37b2d52f1a0a3bfaf85c0405cf10a (diff)
[PATCH] man page cleanup
Small cleanup of the wording in the udev. man page.
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@@ -84,38 +84,36 @@ The name and location of the udev database. The default value is
.IR @udevdir@/.udev.tdb .
.TP
.B udev_rules
-This is the location of the udev rules file. The default value for this is
+The name of the udev rules file or directory to look for files with the suffix
+.IR .rules .
+All rule files are read in lexical order. The default value is
.IR /etc/udev/udev.rules .
-If a directory is specified, the whole directory is
-scanned for files ending with
-.I .rules
-and all rule files are read in lexical order.
.TP
.B udev_permissions
-This is the location of the udev permission file. The default value for this is
+The name of the udev permission file or directory to look for files with the
+suffix
+.IR .permissions .
+All permission files are read in lexical order. The default value is
.IR /etc/udev/udev.permissions .
-If a directory is specified, the whole directory is scanned for files ending with
-.I .permissions
-and all permission files are read in lexical order.
.TP
.B udev_log
-If you want udev to log some information to the syslog for every device handled.
+The switch, if udev logs some information for every device handled.
The default value is
.IR yes .
.TP
.B default_mode
-This is the default mode for all nodes not explicitely matching in the
-permissions file. The default value is
+The default mode for all nodes not explicitely matching in the permissions
+file. The default value is
.IR 0666 .
.TP
.B default_owner
-This is the default owner for all nodes not explicitely matching in the
-permissions file. The default value is
+The default owner for all nodes not explicitely matching in the permissions
+file. The default value is
.IR root .
.TP
.B default_group
-This is the default group for all nodes not explicitely matching in the
-permissions file. The default value is
+The default group for all nodes not explicitely matching in the permissions
+file. The default value is
.IR root .
.br
.P
@@ -128,11 +126,12 @@ udev_root="@udevdir@"
# udev_db - The name and location of the udev database
udev_db="@udevdir@/.udev.tdb"
-# udev_rules - The location of the directory where to look for files
- which names ending with .rules
-udev_rules="/etc/udev/"
+# udev_rules - The name of the udev rules file or directory to look
+ for files with the suffix .rules
+udev_rules="/etc/udev/rules.d/"
-# udev_permissions - The name and location of the udev permission file
+# udev_permissions - The name of the udev permission file or directry to look
+ for files with the suffix .permissions
udev_permissions="/etc/udev/udev.permissions"
# udev_log - set to "yes" if you want logging, else "no"