diff -uNr udev-046.orig/etc/udev/udev.permissions.gentoo udev-046/etc/udev/udev.permissions.gentoo
--- udev-046.orig/etc/udev/udev.permissions.gentoo	2004-11-18 20:39:15.000000000 +0100
+++ udev-046/etc/udev/udev.permissions.gentoo	2004-12-01 21:22:15.095677080 +0100
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@
 raw/*:root:disk:660
 
 # disk devices
-hd*:root:disk:660
 sd*:root:disk:660
 dasd*:root:disk:660
 ataraid*:root:disk:660
diff -uNr udev-046.orig/namedev.c udev-046/namedev.c
--- udev-046.orig/namedev.c	2004-11-18 20:39:15.000000000 +0100
+++ udev-046/namedev.c	2004-12-01 21:18:42.945928744 +0100
@@ -720,7 +720,9 @@
 	struct config_device *dev;
 	struct perm_device *perm;
 	struct sysinfo info;
+	char linkname[NAME_SIZE];
 	char *pos;
+	int len;
 
 	udev->mode = 0;
 	dbg("class_dev->name='%s'", class_dev->name);
@@ -817,6 +819,18 @@
 perms:
 	/* get permissions given in config file or set defaults */
 	perm = find_perm(udev->name);
+	if (perm != NULL)
+		goto perms_found;
+
+	/* try to match the symlink name */
+	foreach_strpart(udev->symlink, " ", pos, len) {
+		strfieldcpymax(linkname, pos, len+1);
+		perm = find_perm(linkname);
+		if (perm != NULL)
+			goto perms_found;
+	}
+
+perms_found:
 	if (perm != NULL) {
 		set_empty_perms(udev, perm->mode,
 				      perm->owner,