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<refentry id="udevd">
<refentryinfo>
<title>udevd</title>
<productname>udev</productname>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>udevd</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class="version"></refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>udevd</refname><refpurpose>event managing daemon</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>udevd</command>
<arg><option>--daemon</option></arg>
<arg><option>--debug</option></arg>
<arg><option>--children-max=</option></arg>
<arg><option>--exec-delay=</option></arg>
<arg><option>--resolve-names=early|late|never</option></arg>
<arg><option>--version</option></arg>
<arg><option>--help</option></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1><title>Description</title>
<para>udevd listens to kernel uevents and executes the instructions specified
in rules. On startup the content of the directory
<filename>/lib/udev/devices</filename> is copied to <filename>/dev</filename>.
If kernel modules specify static device nodes, these nodes are created
even wihtout a corresponding kernel device, to allow on-demand loading of kernel
modules. Matching permissions specified in udev rules are applied to these
static device nodes. The behavior of the running daemon can be changed with
<command>udevadm control</command>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Options</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--daemon</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Detach and run in the background.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--debug</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Print debug messages to stderr.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--children-max=</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Limit the number of parallel executed events.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--exec-delay=</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Number of seconds to delay the execution of RUN instructions.
This might be useful when debugging system crashes during coldplug
cause by loading non-working kernel modules.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--resolve-names=</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Specify when udevd should resolve names of users and groups.
When set to <option>early</option> (the default) names will be
resolved when the rules are parsed. When set to
<option>late</option> names will be resolved for every event.
When set to <option>never</option> names will never be resolved
and all devices will be owned by root.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--version</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Print version number.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--help</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Print help text.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Environment</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>UDEV_LOG</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Overrides the syslog priority specified in the config file.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Author</title>
<para>Written by Kay Sievers <email>kay.sievers@vrfy.org</email>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para><citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>udevadm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry></para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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