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| author | Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2005-03-12 19:29:58 +0000 |
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| committer | Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2005-03-12 19:29:58 +0000 |
| commit | 32f1773083f4abda2248ea1ea54bbabff1e3c9af (patch) | |
| tree | 2b1c4735e950eadb4594bde11494c8e06690e239 /chapter07/udev.xml | |
| parent | a52dc7ed7672e8921639a658113c45a07b03838e (diff) | |
* Update udev's explanatory text now that /etc/udev/permissions.d is no longer used
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@4735 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter07/udev.xml | 22 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/chapter07/udev.xml b/chapter07/udev.xml index f1af4561c..1f1c2bcf9 100644 --- a/chapter07/udev.xml +++ b/chapter07/udev.xml @@ -94,19 +94,15 @@ match the descriptions. For example, <filename>/sys/class/tty/vcs/dev</filename> contains the string <quote>7:0</quote> This string is used by <command>udevstart</command> to create <filename>/dev/vcs</filename> with major number -<emphasis>7</emphasis> and minor <emphasis>0</emphasis>. The -permissions of each and every device that <command>udevstart</command> -creates are set using files from the <filename -class="directory">/etc/udev.d/permissions.d/</filename> directory. -These are numbered in a similar fashion to the LFS bootscripts. If -<command>udev</command> cannot find a permissions file for the device -it is creating, it will default permissions to -<emphasis>600</emphasis> and ownership to -<emphasis>root:root</emphasis>. The names of the nodes created under -the <filename class="directory">/dev</filename> directory are -configured according to the rules specified in the files within the -<filename class="directory">/etc/udev/rules.d/</filename> -directory.</para> +<emphasis>7</emphasis> and minor <emphasis>0</emphasis>. The names and +permissions of the nodes created under the +<filename class="directory">/dev</filename> directory are configured according +to the rules specified in the files within the +<filename class="directory">/etc/udev/rules.d/</filename> directory. These are +numbered in a similar fashion to the LFS bootscripts. If +<command>udev</command> can't find a rule for the device it is creating, it will +default permissions to <emphasis>660</emphasis> and ownership to +<emphasis>root:root</emphasis>.</para> <para>Once the above stage is complete, all devices that were already present and have compiled-in drivers will be available for use. What |