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Using and Administering Linux: Volume 2: Zero to SysAdmin: Advanced Topics

Name: Using and Administering Linux: Volume 2: Zero to SysAdmin: Advanced Topics
Author: David Both
ISBN: 9781484296158

by David Both

September 2023

Intermediate to advanced

813 pages

21h 16m

English

Apress

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D. BothUsing and Administering Linux: Volume 2https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9615-8_38

38. D-Bus and udev

David Both¹

(1)

Raleigh, NC, USA

Objectives

In this chapter you will learn

How Linux treats all devices as plug and play
What D-Bus and udev are
How D-Bus and udev work together to make device access easy
How to write rules for udev

/dev Chaos

The /dev directory has always been the location for the device special files in all Unix and Linux operating systems. Note that device special files are not the same as device drivers. Each device file represents one actual or potential physical device connected to the host.

In the past the device files ...

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