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@@ -116,13 +116,16 @@ Permissions and ownership for the created device files may specified at
The file consists of a set of lines. All empty lines and
lines beginning with a '#' will be ignored.
.br
-Every line lists a device name followed by owner, group and permission mode. All values are separated by colons.
+Every line lists a device name followed by numeric owner, group and permission
+mode. All values are separated by colons. The name field may end with a
+wildcard to apply the values to a whole class of devices.
.sp
A sample \fIudev.permissions\fP might look like this:
.sp
.nf
#name:user:group:mode
-ttyUSB1:root:uucp:0666
+ttyUSB1:0:8:0660
+video*:500:500:0660
dsp1:::0666
.fi