MAKEDEV.cfg
Section: File Formats (5)
Updated: January 1995
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NAME
MAKEDEV.cfg - configuration for MAKEDEV(8)
DESCRIPTION
MAKEDEV.cfg
is a text file that tells
MAKEDEV(8)
what to do (and, equally importantly, what not to do.)
Unlike
DEVINFO(5),
which is meant to be centrally maintained, it contains all local
configuration for a particular site and all customization.
There are basically two kinds of declaration in this file: a "class"
declaration and an "omit" declaration.
A class declaration has the form
-
class name : owner group-owner permissions
This says that any devices placed in the specified class by
DEVINFO
should be created with this ownership and these permissions. A sample
entry might be
-
class public: root system 0666
This says that devices marked "public" should be owned by root.system
and have mode 666.
An omit declaration has the form
-
omit { device... }
This causes the specified devices to never be created,
EVEN IF EXPLICITLY SPECIFIED.
Use caution when setting this up. The intent is to be able to run
and not have it create all sorts of useless devices you'd never use.
SEE ALSO
MAKEDEV(8),
DEVINFO(5)
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