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authorrml@ximian.com <rml@ximian.com>2004-03-01 23:16:39 -0800
committerGreg KH <gregkh@suse.de>2005-04-26 21:35:06 -0700
commita6f01502bd2a76d1f9d90abb7bbeebd8f6893ed9 (patch)
tree8bfd3b7b387b9dd096d43875154a31a0498c12a9 /udev.8
parentcbd2ea21e4eac53bb95465c7808c723b787a709c (diff)
[PATCH] update documetation for $local
On Mon, 2004-03-01 at 17:44, Greg KH wrote: > Hm, that should be Robert's job actually, he should do something for > real... :) Hey, I wrote the nifty local user detection snippet - but, I owe Kay, so here is an updated man page.
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@@ -297,6 +297,17 @@ video*:root:video:0660
dsp1:::0666
.fi
.P
+The value
+.I $local
+can be substituted for a specific username. In that case, udev will determine
+the current local user at the time of device node creation and substitute
+that username as the owner of the new device node. This is useful, for
+example, to let hot-plugged devices, such as cameras, be owned by the user at
+the current console. Note that if no user is currently logged in, or if udev
+otherwise fails to determine a current user, the
+.I default_owner
+value is used in lieu.
+.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