to the devfs names. See the udev.rules.devfs file in the udev
release.
Note that the devfs scheme is not recommended or officially supported
- cause it is a really stupid idea to simply enumerate devices in a world
+ because it is a really stupid idea to simply enumerate devices in a world
where devices can come and go at any time. These numbers give you nothing
but problems, and are not useful to identify a device. Have a look at the
persistent disk rules for an example how to do it correctly in userspace
Q: Can I use udev to automount a USB device when I connect it?
A: Technically, yes, but udev is not intended for this. All major distributions
use HAL (http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software_2fhal) for this, which also
- watches devices with removable media and integrates into the desktop software.
+ watches devices with removable media and integrates the Desktop environment.
Alternatively, it is easy to add the following to fstab:
/dev/disk/by-label/PENDRIVE /media/PENDRIVE vfat user,noauto 0 0
(The same problem exists when using PAM to change permissions on login.)
The simplest solution is to prevent the creation of hard links by putting
- /dev in a separate filesystem like tmpfs.
+ /dev on a separate filesystem like tmpfs.
Q: I have other questions about udev, where do I ask them?
A: The linux-hotplug-devel mailing list is the proper place for it. The
- address for it is linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
- Information on joining can be found at
- <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel>
- Archives of the mailing list can be found at:
- <http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-hotplug-devel>
+ address for it is:
+ linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
+ Information on joining can be found at:
+ https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel