---
name: "makedev.cfg"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "makedev"
version: "1.6-32"
release: "Debian 2.0 (Hamm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/makedev.cfg"
---

# makedev.cfg(5)

configuration for MAKEDEV(8)

## NAME

makedev.cfg - configuration for [MAKEDEV(8)](/MAKEDEV/8.md)

## DESCRIPTION

**makedev.cfg** is a text file that tells [**MAKEDEV**(8)](/MAKEDEV/8.md) what to do (and, equally importantly, what not to do.) Unlike [**devinfo**(5)](/devinfo/5.md), which is meant to be centrally maintained, it contains all local configuration for a particular site and all customization. There are basically two kinds of declaration in this file: a "class" declaration and an "omit" declaration.

A class declaration has the form

class *name* : *owner group-owner permissions*

This says that any devices placed in the specified class by  **devinfo** should be created with this ownership and these permissions. A sample entry might be

```
class public:	root	system	0666
```

This says that devices marked "public" should be owned by root.system and have mode 666.

An omit declaration has the form

omit { *device...* }

This causes the specified devices to never be created,  **EVEN IF EXPLICITLY SPECIFIED.** Use caution when setting this up.  The intent is to be able to run and not have it create all sorts of useless devices you'd never use.

## SEE ALSO

[**MAKEDEV**(8)](/MAKEDEV/8.md), [**devinfo**(5)](/devinfo/5.md)