diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man5')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man5/devfs.conf.5 | 49 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man5/devfs.rules.5 | 25 |
2 files changed, 37 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/devfs.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/devfs.conf.5 index 4b1acdc..ecb2b7b 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/devfs.conf.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/devfs.conf.5 @@ -51,45 +51,50 @@ The lines that specify .Nm rules consist of three parameters separated by whitespace: .Bl -tag -width indent -.It Li action +.It Ar action The action to take for the device. The action names are only significant to the first unique character. -.It Li devname +.It Ar devname The name of the device created by -.Xr devfs 5 -.It Li arg +.Xr devfs 5 . +.It Ar arg The argument of the -.Dq Li action +.Ar action . .El .Pp The actions currently supported are: .Bl -tag -width indent -.It Li link +.It Ic link This action creates a symbolic link named -.Dq Li arg +.Ar arg that points to -Dq Li devname , +.Ar devname , the name of the device created by .Xr devfs 5 . -.It Li own +.It Ic own This action changes the ownership of -.Dq Li devname . +.Ar devname . The -.Dq Li arg +.Ar arg parameter must be in the form of an -.Li "owner:group" +.Ar owner Ns : Ns Ar group pair, in the same format used by .Xr chown 8 . -.It Li perm +.It Ic perm This action changes the permissions of -.Dq Li devname . +.Ar devname . The -.Dq Li arg +.Ar arg paramater must be a -.Pa mode +.Ar mode as explained in .Xr chmod 1 . .El +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -compact +.It Pa /etc/devfs.conf +.It Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/devfs.conf +.El .Sh EXAMPLES To create a .Pa /dev/cdrom @@ -112,23 +117,18 @@ link acd0 cdrom .Ed .Pp To set the owner of a device, the -.Dq Li own +.Ic own action may be specified: .Bd -literal -offset indent own cd0 root:cdrom .Ed .Pp To set the permissions of a device, a -.Dq Li perm +.Ic perm action should be used: .Bd -literal -offset indent perm cd0 0660 .Ed -.Sh FILES -.Bl -tag -compact -.It Pa /etc/devfs.conf -.It Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/devfs.conf -.El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr chmod 1 , .Xr devfs 5 , @@ -136,4 +136,5 @@ perm cd0 0660 .Xr usbd.conf 5 , .Xr chown 8 .Sh AUTHORS -.An "Roland Smith" Aq rsmith@xs4all.nl +This manual page was written by +.An "Roland Smith" Aq rsmith@xs4all.nl . diff --git a/share/man/man5/devfs.rules.5 b/share/man/man5/devfs.rules.5 index 7d07a58..075e71b 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/devfs.rules.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/devfs.rules.5 @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ separated by an equal sign. Other lines are rule specifications as documented in .Xr devfs 8 , in the section -.Dq "Rule Specification" . +.Sx "Rule Specification" . These lines are prepended with .Dq Li rule and are passed to @@ -60,33 +60,32 @@ by the startup scripts of the system. It is important to put path elements that contain .Xr glob 3 special characters between quotes. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -compact +.It Pa /etc/devfs.rules +.It Pa /etc/defaults/devfs.rules +.El .Sh EXAMPLES To make all the partitions of .Xr da 4 devices readable and writable by their owner and the .Dq Li usb group, the following rule may be used: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -add path 'da*s*' mode 0660 group usb -.Ed +.Pp +.Dl "add path 'da*s*' mode 0660 group usb" .Pp To make all the .Xr uscanner 4 devices accessible to their owner and the .Dq Li usb group, a similar rule may be used: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -add path 'uscanner*' mode 0660 group usb -.Ed -.Sh FILES -.Bl -tag -compact -.It Pa /etc/devfs.rules -.It Pa /etc/defaults/devfs.rules -.El +.Pp +.Dl "add path 'uscanner*' mode 0660 group usb" .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr glob 3 , .Xr devfs 5 , .Xr devfs.conf 5 , .Xr devfs 8 .Sh AUTHORS -.An "Roland Smith" Aq rsmith@xs4all.nl +This manual page was written by +.An "Roland Smith" Aq rsmith@xs4all.nl . |