From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Robert Love Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 23:05:59 +0000 Subject: Re: udev - TODO update Message-Id: <1078182359.10733.31.camel@localhost> List-Id: References: <20040212234538.GC21117@vrfy.org> In-Reply-To: <20040212234538.GC21117@vrfy.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org 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. Robert Love udev.8 | 11 +++++++++++ 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+) diff -urN udev-019/udev.8 udev/udev.8 --- udev-019/udev.8 2004-02-27 20:11:47.000000000 -0500 +++ udev/udev.8 2004-03-01 18:04:52.768322840 -0500 @@ -288,6 +288,17 @@ 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 ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id56&alloc_id438&op=click _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel