[PATCH] man page with udev.permissions wildcard

[elogind.git] / udev.8

diff --git a/udev.8 b/udev.8
index 8865a7905a25c283ebc6067f0bb9f210376e1e73..e46caaf3226d62fde14fb96417230e407b58559d 100644 (file)
--- a/udev.8
+++ b/udev.8
@@ -18,16 +18,18 @@ On device creation,
 .B udev
 reads the sysfs directory of the given device to collect device attributes
 like label, serial number or bus device number.
-These attributes are passed as a key to the namedev subsystem
-to receive a unique name for device file creation.
-namedev maintains a database for devices present on the system.
+These attributes are treated as a key 
+to determine a unique name for device file creation.
+.B udev
+maintains a database for devices present on the system.
 .br
 On device removal,
 .B udev
-queries the namedev database for the name of the device file to be deleted.
+queries the internal database for the name of the device file to be deleted.
 .SH "CONFIGURATION"
-namedev expects its configuration at
-.I /etc/udev/namedev.config.
+.B udev
+expects its configuration at
+.I /etc/udev/udev.config.
 The file consists of a set of lines. All empty lines and
 lines beginning with a '#' will be ignored.
 .br
@@ -70,7 +72,24 @@ calling external program, that returns a string to match
 .br
 keys: \fBBUS\fP, \fBPROGRAM\fP, \fBID\fP
 .P
-A sample \fInamedev.conf\fP might look like this:
+The name field supports simple printf-like string subtitution:
+.RS
+.TP
+.B %n
+the "kernel number" of the device
+for example, 'sda3' has a "kernel number" of '3'
+.TP
+.B %M
+the kernel major number for the device
+.TP
+.B %m
+the kernel minor number for the device
+.TP
+.B %b
+the bus id for the device
+.RE
+.P
+A sample \fIudev.conf\fP might look like this:
 .sp
 .nf
 # USB printer to be called lp_color
@@ -85,22 +104,28 @@ TOPOLOGY, BUS="usb", PLACE="2.3", NAME="mouse1"
 # ttyUSB1 should always be called pda
 REPLACE, KERNEL="ttyUSB1", NAME="pda"
 
-# if /sbin/dev_id returns "V0815" device will be called dev0815
-CALLOUT, PROGRAM="/sbin/dev_id", BUS="pci", ID="V0815", NAME="dev0815"
+# if /sbin/scsi_id returns "OEM 0815" device will be called disk1
+CALLOUT, PROGRAM="/sbin/scsi_id" BUS="scsi", ID="OEM 0815" NAME="disk1"
+
+# USB webcams to be called webcam0, webcam1, ...
+LABEL, BUS="usb", model="WebCam Version 3", NAME="webcam%n"
 .fi
 .P
 Permissions and ownership for the created device files may specified at
-.I /etc/udev/namedev.permissions.
+.I /etc/udev/udev.permissions.
 The file consists of a set of lines. All empty lines and
 lines beginning with a '#' will be ignored.
 .br
-Every line lists a device name followed by owner, group and permission mode. All values are separated by colons.
+Every line lists a device name followed by numeric owner, group and permission
+mode. All values are separated by colons. The name field may end with a
+wildcard to apply the values to a whole class of devices.
 .sp
-A sample \fInamedev.permissions\fP might look like this:
+A sample \fIudev.permissions\fP might look like this:
 .sp
 .nf
 #name:user:group:mode
-ttyUSB1:root:uucp:0666
+ttyUSB1:0:8:0660
+video*:500:500:0660
 dsp1:::0666
 .fi
 
@@ -120,5 +145,6 @@ The
 .I http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net/
 web site.
 .SH AUTHORS
-udev was developed by Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com> with much help from
+.B udev
+was developed by Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com> with much help from
 Dan Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com> and many others.