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Diffstat (limited to 'udev.8.in')
| -rw-r--r-- | udev.8.in | 29 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 14 deletions
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ in this file: .B udev_root Indicates where to place the device nodes in the filesystem. The default value is -.IR @udevdir@ . +.IR @udevdir@/ . .TP .B udev_db The name and location of the udev database. The default value is @@ -87,14 +87,14 @@ The name and location of the udev database. The default value 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 . +.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/udev.permissions . +.IR /etc/udev/permissions.d/ . .TP .B udev_log The switch, if udev logs some information for every device handled. @@ -121,17 +121,17 @@ file. The default value is .sp .nf # udev_root - where to place the device nodes in the filesystem -udev_root="@udevdir@" +udev_root="/udev" # udev_db - The name and location of the udev database -udev_db="@udevdir@/.udev.tdb" +udev_db="/udev/.udev.tdb" # 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 of the udev permission file or directry to look - for files with the suffix .permissions +# 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" @@ -150,14 +150,14 @@ default_owner="root" default_group="root" .fi .P -The rules for udev to use when naming devices may specified in -.I /etc/udev/udev.rules -or by the +The rules for device naming, are read from the files located in the +.I /etc/udev/rules.d/ +directory, or at the location specified by the .I udev_rules value in the .I /etc/udev/udev.conf file. -.P +.br Every line in the rules file defines the mapping between device attributes and the device name. One or more keys are specified to match a rule with the current device. If all keys are matching, the rule will be applied and @@ -304,9 +304,10 @@ KERNEL="ttyUSB1", NAME="pda", SYMLINK="palmtop handheld" BUS="usb", SYSFS{model}="XV3", NAME="video%n", SYMLINK="webcam%n" .fi .P -Permissions and ownership for the created device files may specified in -.I /etc/udev/udev.permissions -or by the +The permissions and ownership of the created device file is 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 |