Lab 8.1 Ubuntu issue

skelleton

I encountered the following issue with Lab 8.1 (udev) while doing it on Ubuntu:

The udev rule had no effect after just creating the file.

I had to run the following command to get the rule to work:

sudo udevadm control --reload-rules

I could not find any mention of this anywhere in the course ware. If this is the default behavior of Ubuntu, it should be mentioned in the course or the LAB resolution.

dbuday

Didn`t have any problems with this lab (Ubuntu 14.04) - created file (using sudo vi), inserted symlink line (also using vi), and saved it (:wq)
- plug in usb - link is created
- unmount+unplug - gone
- delete file

Everything OK

Elyas

dbuday wrote:

Didn`t have any problems with this lab (Ubuntu 14.04) - created file (using sudo vi), inserted symlink line (also using vi), and saved it (:wq)

In the lab it is not mentioned to create the symlink manually. It should be created by the rule file that you specify in this lab. Maybe you did not do it entirely right.

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The command you mentioned

sudo udevadm control --reload-rules

was not necessary in my case.
Although I had another issue: The symlink is created, but when I unmount and unplug my USB device the symlink still exists. It might be because I use a virtual machine, but not sure.

dbuday

I think you got it wrong; i didn't created symlink manually - exercise said to create file and put the line (green text) in it. That's what i did.

luisviveropena

Hi Skelleton,

What Ubuntu version and update are you using?

Thanks,
Luis.