[PATCH] better fix for NAME="foo-%c{N}" gets a truncated name

[elogind.git] / udev.8

diff --git a/udev.8 b/udev.8
index 9eeff96d48f805e4809817cc8de317456677cb42..bc7308f48428b06e2dd7130c14029dff399bf4af 100644 (file)
--- a/udev.8
+++ b/udev.8
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The default behavior of
 .B udev
 is to wait until all the sysfs files of the device chain are populated. If set
 .B udev
-will will continue, regardless of the state of the device representation.
+will continue, regardless of the state of the device representation.
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .B udev
 creates or removes device node files usually located in the /dev directory.
@@ -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