--- udev-029/udev-add.c.preserve	2004-07-02 20:17:02.000000000 +0200
+++ udev-029/udev-add.c	2004-07-06 15:27:45.839641704 +0200
@@ -117,7 +117,10 @@
 	if (((stats.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFBLK || (stats.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFCHR) &&
 	    (stats.st_rdev == makedev(major, minor))) {
 		dbg("preserve file '%s', cause it has correct dev_t", file);
-		goto perms;
+		if (udev_preserve_owner)
+		  goto exit;
+		else
+		  goto perms;
 	}
 
 	if (unlink(file) != 0)
--- udev-029/udev-remove.c.preserve	2004-07-02 20:17:01.000000000 +0200
+++ udev-029/udev-remove.c	2004-07-06 15:28:04.301835024 +0200
@@ -78,29 +78,31 @@
 	strfieldcpy(filename, udev_root);
 	strfieldcat(filename, dev->name);
 
-	info("removing device node '%s'", filename);
-	retval = unlink(filename);
-	if (errno == ENOENT)
-		retval = 0;
-	if (retval) {
-		dbg("unlink(%s) failed with error '%s'",
-			filename, strerror(errno));
-		return retval;
-	}
+	if (udev_remove_devicenodes) {
+		info("removing device node '%s'", filename);
+		retval = unlink(filename);
+		if (errno == ENOENT)
+			retval = 0;
+		if (retval) {
+			dbg("unlink(%s) failed with error '%s'",
+			    filename, strerror(errno));
+			return retval;
+		}
 
-	/* remove partition nodes */
-	if (dev->partitions > 0) {
-		info("removing partitions '%s[1-%i]'", filename, dev->partitions);
-		for (i = 1; i <= dev->partitions; i++) {
-			strfieldcpy(partitionname, filename);
-			strintcat(partitionname, i);
-			unlink(partitionname);
+		/* remove partition nodes */
+		if (dev->partitions > 0) {
+			info("removing partitions '%s[1-%i]'", filename, dev->partitions);
+			for (i = 1; i <= dev->partitions; i++) {
+				strfieldcpy(partitionname, filename);
+				strintcat(partitionname, i);
+				unlink(partitionname);
+			}
 		}
-	}
 
-	/* remove subdirectories */
-	if (strchr(dev->name, '/'))
-		delete_path(filename);
+		/* remove subdirectories */
+		if (strchr(dev->name, '/'))
+			delete_path(filename);
+	}
 
 	foreach_strpart(dev->symlink, " ", pos, len) {
 		strfieldcpymax(linkname, pos, len+1);
--- udev-029/udev_config.c.preserve	2004-07-02 20:17:02.000000000 +0200
+++ udev-029/udev_config.c	2004-07-06 15:27:45.840641552 +0200
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
 char default_owner_str[OWNER_SIZE];
 char default_group_str[GROUP_SIZE];
 int udev_log;
+int udev_remove_devicenodes;
+int udev_preserve_owner;
 int udev_sleep;
 int udev_dev_d;
 
@@ -78,6 +80,8 @@
 	strfieldcpy(udev_rules_filename, UDEV_RULES_FILE);
 	strfieldcpy(udev_permissions_filename, UDEV_PERMISSION_FILE);
 	udev_log = string_is_true(UDEV_LOG_DEFAULT);
+	udev_remove_devicenodes = 1;
+	udev_preserve_owner = 0;
 
 	udev_sleep = 1;
 	env = getenv("UDEV_NO_SLEEP");
@@ -224,6 +228,17 @@
 			continue;
 		}
 
+                if (strcasecmp(variable, "udev_remove_devicenodes") == 0) {
+                        udev_remove_devicenodes = string_is_true(value);
+                        continue;
+                }
+
+                if (strcasecmp(variable, "udev_preserve_owner") == 0) {
+                        udev_preserve_owner = string_is_true(value);
+                        continue;
+                }
+
+
 		info("%s:%d:%Zd: unknown key '%s'",
 		     udev_config_filename, lineno, temp-line, temp);
 	}
--- udev-029/udev.h.preserve	2004-07-02 20:17:03.000000000 +0200
+++ udev-029/udev.h	2004-07-06 15:27:45.841641400 +0200
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@
 extern char default_owner_str[OWNER_SIZE];
 extern char default_group_str[GROUP_SIZE];
 extern int udev_log;
+extern int udev_remove_devicenodes;
+extern int udev_preserve_owner;
 extern int udev_sleep;
 extern int udev_dev_d;