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diff --git a/udev/udev.xml b/udev/udev.xml index a785348551..ab82012cee 100644 --- a/udev/udev.xml +++ b/udev/udev.xml @@ -71,14 +71,18 @@ <refsect2><title>Rules files</title> <para>The udev rules are read from the files located in the - default rules directory <filename>/lib/udev/rules.d/</filename>, - the custom rules directory <filename>/etc/udev/rules.d/</filename> - and the temporary rules directory <filename>/run/udev/rules.d/</filename>. - All rule files are collectively sorted and processed in lexical order, - regardless of the directories in which they live. However, files in - <filename>/etc/udev/rules.d/</filename> take precedence over files with - the same name in <filename>/lib/udev/rules.d/</filename>; this can be - used to ignore a default rules file if needed.</para> + system rules directory <filename>/lib/udev/rules.d/</filename>, + the local administration directory <filename>/etc/udev/rules.d/</filename> + and the volatile runtime directory <filename>/run/udev/rules.d/</filename>. + All rules files are collectively sorted and processed in lexical order, + regardless of the directories in which they live. However, files with + identical file names replace each other. Files in <filename>/run</filename> + have the highest priority, files in <filename>/etc</filename> take precedence + over files with the same name in <filename>/lib</filename>. This can be + used to overwrite a system rules file if needed; a symlink in + <filename>/etc</filename> with the same name as a rules file in + <filename>/lib</filename>, pointing to <filename>/dev/null</filename>, + disables the rules file entirely.</para> <para>Rule files must have the extension <filename>.rules</filename>; other extensions are ignored.</para> |