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diff --git a/docs/manual/makedev-syntax.txt b/docs/manual/makedev-syntax.txt index cae37f77d3..0bbc16ec29 100644 --- a/docs/manual/makedev-syntax.txt +++ b/docs/manual/makedev-syntax.txt @@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ There are a few non-trivial blocks: * c: a character device file * b: a block device file * p: a named pipe -- +mode+, +uid+ and +gid+ are the usual permissions settings (only - numerical values are allowed) +- +mode+ are the usual permissions settings (only numerical values + are allowed) +- +uid+ and +gid+ are the UID and GID to set on this file; can be + either numerical values or actual names - +major+ and +minor+ are here for device files, set to +-+ for other files - +start+, +inc+ and +count+ are for when you want to create a batch @@ -37,19 +39,21 @@ There are a few non-trivial blocks: incrementing its counter by +inc+ until it reaches +count+ Let's say you want to change the permissions of a given file; using -this syntax, you will need to put: +this syntax, you will need to write: ---- -/usr/bin/foobar f 644 0 0 - - - - - +/usr/bin/foo f 755 0 0 - - - - - +/usr/bin/bar f 755 root root - - - - - +/data/buz f buz-user buz-group - - - - - ---- Alternatively, if you want to change owner/permission of a directory -recursively, you can put (to set UID to 123, GID to 456 and access +recursively, you can write (to set UID to foo, GID to bar and access rights to rwxr-x--- for the directory /usr/share/myapp and all files and directories below it): ---- -/usr/share/myapp r 750 123 456 - - - - - +/usr/share/myapp r 750 foo bar - - - - - ---- On the other hand, if you want to create the device file +/dev/hda+ @@ -57,13 +61,13 @@ and the corresponding 15 files for the partitions, you will need for +/dev/hda+: ---- -/dev/hda b 640 0 0 3 0 0 0 - +/dev/hda b 640 root root 3 0 0 0 - ---- and then for device files corresponding to the partitions of +/dev/hda+, +/dev/hdaX+, +X+ ranging from 1 to 15: ---- -/dev/hda b 640 0 0 3 1 1 1 15 +/dev/hda b 640 root root 3 1 1 1 15 ---- |
