From 3dff3e00e044e2d53c76fa842b9a4759d4a50e69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kay Sievers Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 14:59:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] udev: assign group "input" to all input devices --- NEWS | 6 ++++++ README | 2 +- rules/50-udev-default.rules | 1 + 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 4f3c52224..318f3d492 100644 --- 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 529c6e193..de159febb 100644 --- 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 122d07c9b..1ecd47a23 100644 --- 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" -- 2.30.2