Ticket #3317: udevd.8

File udevd.8, 3.7 KB (added by bdubbs@…, 12 years ago)
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2.TH "SYSTEMD\-UDEVD\&.SERVICE" "8" "" "systemd 199" "udevd"
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7.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
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22.SH "NAME"
23udevd \- Device event managing daemon
24.SH "SYNOPSIS"
25.HP \w'\fB/usr/lib/udevd\fR\ 'u
26\fB/lib/udev/udevd\fR [\fB\-\-daemon\fR] [\fB\-\-debug\fR] [\fB\-\-children\-max=\fR] [\fB\-\-exec\-delay=\fR] [\fB\-\-resolve\-names=early|late|never\fR] [\fB\-\-version\fR] [\fB\-\-help\fR]
27.SH "DESCRIPTION"
28.PP
29\fBudevd\fR
30listens to kernel uevents\&. For every event, udevd executes matching instructions specified in udev rules\&. See
31\fBudev\fR(7)\&.
32.PP
33The behavior of the running daemon can be changed with
34\fBudevadm control\fR\&.
35.SH "OPTIONS"
36.PP
37\fB\-\-daemon\fR
38.RS 4
39Detach and run in the background\&.
40.RE
41.PP
42\fB\-\-debug\fR
43.RS 4
44Print debug messages to stderr\&.
45.RE
46.PP
47\fB\-\-children\-max=\fR
48.RS 4
49Limit the number of events executed in parallel\&.
50.RE
51.PP
52\fB\-\-exec\-delay=\fR
53.RS 4
54Delay the execution of RUN instruction by the given number of seconds\&. This option might be useful when debugging system crashes during coldplug caused by loading non\-working kernel modules\&.
55.RE
56.PP
57\fB\-\-resolve\-names=\fR
58.RS 4
59Specify when udevd should resolve names of users and groups\&. When set to
60\fBearly\fR
61(the default) names will be resolved when the rules are parsed\&. When set to
62\fBlate\fR
63names will be resolved for every event\&. When set to
64\fBnever\fR
65names will never be resolved and all devices will be owned by root\&.
66.RE
67.PP
68\fB\-\-version\fR
69.RS 4
70Print version number\&.
71.RE
72.PP
73\fB\-\-help\fR
74.RS 4
75Print help text\&.
76.RE
77.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
78.PP
79\fI$UDEV_LOG=\fR
80.RS 4
81Set the logging priority\&.
82.RE
83.SH "KERNEL COMMAND LINE"
84.PP
85Parameters starting with "rd\&." will be read when
86\fBudevd\fR
87is used in an initrd\&.
88.PP
89\fIudev\&.log\-priority=\fR, \fIrd\&.udev\&.log\-priority=\fR
90.RS 4
91Set the logging priority\&.
92.RE
93.PP
94\fIudev\&.children\-max=\fR, \fIrd\&.udev\&.children\-max=\fR
95.RS 4
96Limit the number of events executed in parallel\&.
97.RE
98.PP
99\fIudev\&.exec\-delay=\fR, \fIrd\&.udev\&.exec\-delay=\fR
100.RS 4
101Delay the execution of RUN instruction by the given number of seconds\&. This option might be useful when debugging system crashes during coldplug caused by loading non\-working kernel modules\&.
102.RE
103.PP
104\fInet\&.ifnames=\fR
105.RS 4
106Network interfaces are renamed to give them predictable names when possible\&. It is enabled by default, specifying 0 disables it\&.
107.RE
108.SH "CONFIGURATION FILE"
109.PP
110udev expects its main configuration file at
111/etc/udev/udev\&.conf\&. It consists of a set of variables allowing the user to override default udev values\&. All empty lines or lines beginning with \*(Aq#\*(Aq are ignored\&. The following variables can be set:
112.PP
113\fIudev_log\fR
114.RS 4
115The logging priority\&. Valid values are the numerical syslog priorities or their textual representations:
116\fBerr\fR,
117\fBinfo\fR
118and
119\fBdebug\fR\&.
120.RE
121.SH "SEE ALSO"
122.PP
123\fBudev\fR(7),
124\fBudevadm\fR(8)