On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 07:45:26AM +0000, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello List, > > I am migrating from `hotplug' to `udev': > at this stage I am trying to write local rules. > I read the documentation provided within the package `udev', > and succeeded to make basic stuff for my USB stick. I have just > tried to do the same for my USB mobile hard drive, but without succcess: > the two configuration may be very similar. > I suspect that my local rules are not at the right place inside > `/etc/udev/udev.d': > where must we place the local rules wrt the Debian policy ? > is there any relevant documentation on the subject ? > or the issue is still very new ?
Rules go in /etc/udev/rules.d/ and must have extension .rules. This is documented in the udev(8) man page. This directory can be changed in udev.conf, but that would disable any package-installed rules. Debian packages seem to put rules files in /etc/udev, but note that these are not used from that location: they are targets of symlinks in /etc/udev/rules.d/ (when there is no link, the rules file is disabled). This makes rules easy to enable, disable and re-order without breaking on upgrade; you may want to adopt the same policy for your local changes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
