udev: assign group "input" to all input devices

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4f3c522243404fcd8822a535488a76a49d672bee..318f3d492331071f0a5ff79d57468ee35c908e3b 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 systemd System and Service Manager
 
+CHANGES WITH 215:
+        * A new system group "input" is introduced, all input
+          device nodes get this group assigned. This is useful for
+          system-level software to get access to input devices. It
+          complements what is already done for "audio" and "video".
+
 CHANGES WITH 214:
 
         * As an experimental feature, udev now tries to lock the

diff --git a/README b/README
index 529c6e193049051890b398d9704cda3031e4ec56..de159febbb33c41629e1b6322ac1bbc8aa308f77 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ USERS AND GROUPS:
         even in the very early boot stages, where no other databases
         and network are available:
 
-        tty, dialout, kmem, video, audio, lp, cdrom, tape, disk
+        audio, cdrom, dialout, disk, input, kmem, lp, tape, tty, video
 
         During runtime, the journal daemon requires the
         "systemd-journal" system group to exist. New journal files will

diff --git a/rules/50-udev-default.rules b/rules/50-udev-default.rules
index 122d07c9beb9922b3a0f42be8611c46508cd9ea4..1ecd47a237e6c986d64e0fe9d6bc015f5d3305c1 100644 (file)
--- a/rules/50-udev-default.rules
+++ b/rules/50-udev-default.rules
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ KERNEL=="tty[A-Z]*[0-9]|pppox[0-9]*|ircomm[0-9]*|noz[0-9]*|rfcomm[0-9]*", GROUP=
 
 SUBSYSTEM=="mem", KERNEL=="mem|kmem|port", GROUP="kmem", MODE="0640"
 
+SUBSYSTEM=="input", GROUP="input"
 SUBSYSTEM=="input", KERNEL=="js[0-9]*", MODE="0664"
 
 SUBSYSTEM=="video4linux", GROUP="video"