From a6f01502bd2a76d1f9d90abb7bbeebd8f6893ed9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "rml@ximian.com" Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 23:16:39 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] [PATCH] update documetation for $local On Mon, 2004-03-01 at 17:44, Greg KH wrote: > Hm, that should be Robert's job actually, he should do something for > real... :) Hey, I wrote the nifty local user detection snippet - but, I owe Kay, so here is an updated man page. --- udev.8 | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/udev.8 b/udev.8 index 9eeff96d4..c0dc68b80 100644 --- a/udev.8 +++ b/udev.8 @@ -297,6 +297,17 @@ video*:root:video:0660 dsp1:::0666 .fi .P +The value +.I $local +can be substituted for a specific username. In that case, udev will determine +the current local user at the time of device node creation and substitute +that username as the owner of the new device node. This is useful, for +example, to let hot-plugged devices, such as cameras, be owned by the user at +the current console. Note that if no user is currently logged in, or if udev +otherwise fails to determine a current user, the +.I default_owner +value is used in lieu. +.P A number of different fields in the above configuration files support a simple form of shell style pattern matching. It supports the following pattern characters: .TP -- 2.30.2