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authorkay.sievers@vrfy.org <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>2004-12-18 11:34:17 +0100
committerGreg KH <gregkh@suse.de>2005-04-26 23:17:47 -0700
commit8b36cc0f179ee35176016ab67ae53078df4110fa (patch)
treec61be5ec5a18ee0f9050c2f0b2917e0ed06f1853 /udev.8.in
parent3ac0326962c93f381bec325583e26f47fb7d4833 (diff)
[PATCH] complete removal of explicit udev permissions config file
Diffstat (limited to 'udev.8.in')
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 36 deletions
diff --git a/udev.8.in b/udev.8.in
index 328f602e03..90b7d83309 100644
--- a/udev.8.in
+++ b/udev.8.in
@@ -55,13 +55,6 @@ The name of the udev rules file or directory to look for files with the suffix
All rule files are read in lexical order. The default value is
.IR /etc/udev/rules.d/ .
.TP
-.B udev_permissions
-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/permissions.d/ .
-.TP
.B udev_log
The switch to enable/disable logging of udev information
The default value is
@@ -96,10 +89,6 @@ udev_db="/udev/.udevdb"
for files with the suffix .rules
udev_rules="/etc/udev/rules.d/"
-# udev_permissions - The name of the udev permission file or directory
- 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"
udev_log="yes"
@@ -214,8 +203,8 @@ separate rules file, while the device nodes are maintained by the
distribution provided rules file.
.TP
.B OWNER, GROUP, MODE
-The permissions for this device. Every specified value overwrites the value
-given in the permissions file.
+The permissions for this device. Every specified value overwrites the default
+value specified in the config file.
.P
.RB "The " NAME " ," SYMLINK " and " PROGRAM
fields support simple printf-like string substitutions:
@@ -299,29 +288,6 @@ KERNEL="hd[a-z]", PROGRAM="/bin/cat /proc/ide/%k/media", RESULT="cdrom",
NAME="%k", SYMLINK="cdrom%e"
.fi
.P
-The permissions and ownership of the created device file are read from
-the files located in the
-.I /etc/udev/permissions.d/
-directory, or at the location specified by the
-.I udev_permission
-value in the
-.I /etc/udev/udev.conf
-file.
-.br
-Every line lists a device name followed by owner, group and permission
-mode. All values are separated by colons. The name field may contain a
-pattern to apply the values to a whole class of devices.
-.sp
-.RI "A sample " udev.permissions " file might look like this:"
-.sp
-.nf
-#name:user:group:mode
-input/*:root:root:644
-ttyUSB1:0:8:0660
-video*:root:video:0660
-dsp1:::0666
-.fi
-.P
A number of different fields in the above configuration files support a simple
form of shell style pattern matching. It supports the following pattern characters:
.TP