On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 12:51:16 +0300 Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 9:34 AM, J. Bakshi <j.bakshi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Âit works well. ÂBut if I try to add command substitution ( with in back-qoutes ) to dynamically collect the user name , it stops working. The rule is like > > > > ``````````````` > > ÂACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="input", ENV{ID_CLASS}="mouse", ENV{DISPLAY}=":0.0", ENV{XAUTHORITY}="/home/user1/.Xauthority" ÂRUN+="/bin/su Â`ps aux | grep startx | grep '/bin/sh' | awk '{print $1}'` Â-c "DISPLAY=:0.0 notify-send "test" Â" > > Â`````````````````````````` > > > > I do not think udev is using shell to start external commands. You > will need to use something like > > RUN+="/bin/sh -c '...'" > > Quoting will quickly become unmanageable I am afraid :) Yes, I have tried with that but no success. I used RUN+="/bin/sh -c '/bin/su user1 -c 'DISPLAY=:0.0 notify-send test''" and no luck. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hotplug" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html