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-rw-r--r--doc/server/configurationentries.txt6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/server/configurationentries.txt b/doc/server/configurationentries.txt
index 059eb1288..fff57b7e8 100644
--- a/doc/server/configurationentries.txt
+++ b/doc/server/configurationentries.txt
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@ will only contain a *name* attribute. The type will be added by the
plugin that handles the entry in the case of `Cfg`_, `TGenshi`_, or
`TCheetah`_. If the entry is handled by the `Rules`_ plugin (i.e. it is
a device, directory, hardlink, symlink, etc), then you will specify both
-the *type* and any other necessary attributes in `Rules`_.
+the *type* and any other necessary attributes in `Rules`_.
+
+Attributes listed in the table below are mandatory attributes for that
+type. For example, the `dev_type` attribute is required for device
+entries, but not for hardlink entries.
.. note:: A tool for converting old POSIX entries is available in the
Bcfg2 source directory at tools/posixunified.py