This splits the large serial links rule into: - Local serial ports such as tty[A-Z]*[0-9]* and irDA links - Bluetooth links - Modem links It also adds some explanation of why local serial ports and bluetooth links are put into the "dialout" group. Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> --- rules/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/rules/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules b/rules/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules index f5b181d..7684ea9 100644 --- a/rules/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules +++ b/rules/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules @@ -7,8 +7,16 @@ KERNEL=="tty", GROUP="tty", MODE="0666" KERNEL=="tty[0-9]*", GROUP="tty", MODE="0620" KERNEL=="vcs|vcs[0-9]*|vcsa|vcsa[0-9]*", GROUP="tty" -# serial -KERNEL=="tty[A-Z]*[0-9]|pppox[0-9]*|ircomm[0-9]*|noz[0-9]*|rfcomm[0-9]*", GROUP="dialout" +# external serial ports - these may or may not be connected to modems, +# we assume they are connected to modems for security reasons +KERNEL=="tty[A-Z]*[0-9]|ircomm[0-9]*", GROUP="dialout" + +# bluetooth TTY links - not always possible to use for dialout but we +# assume so anyway for security reasons +KERNEL=="rfcomm[0-9]*", GROUP="dialout" + +# modems +KERNEL=="pppox[0-9]*|noz[0-9]*", GROUP="dialout" KERNEL=="mwave", GROUP="dialout" KERNEL=="hvc*|hvsi*", GROUP="dialout" -- 1.7.6 -- 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