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authorMatthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-03-12 19:29:58 +0000
committerMatthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-03-12 19:29:58 +0000
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tree2b1c4735e950eadb4594bde11494c8e06690e239 /chapter07
parenta52dc7ed7672e8921639a658113c45a07b03838e (diff)
* Update udev's explanatory text now that /etc/udev/permissions.d is no longer used
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diff --git a/chapter07/udev.xml b/chapter07/udev.xml
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--- 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