Author: thomas
Date: 2008-04-01 12:37:20 -0600 (Tue, 01 Apr 2008)
New Revision: 7337
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/basicnet/connect/ppp.xml
trunk/BOOK/general/genlib/libusb.xml
trunk/BOOK/general/sysutils/hal.xml
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/multimedia/libdriv/alsa-utils.xml
trunk/BOOK/server/other/svnserver.xml
trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x-setup.xml
Log:
Updates on usermod commands
Modified: trunk/BOOK/basicnet/connect/ppp.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/basicnet/connect/ppp.xml 2008-04-01 17:10:26 UTC (rev 7336)
+++ trunk/BOOK/basicnet/connect/ppp.xml 2008-04-01 18:37:20 UTC (rev 7337)
@@ -166,6 +166,10 @@
in this section are executed as
<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user.</para>
+ <para>Add the users who may run <application>PPP</application> to the
+ <systemitem class="groupname">pppusers</systemitem> group:</para>
+<screen role="root"><userinput>usermod -a -G pppusers
<replaceable><username></replaceable></userinput></screen>
+
<sect4>
<title>Setting the passwords</title>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general/genlib/libusb.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general/genlib/libusb.xml 2008-04-01 17:10:26 UTC (rev
7336)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general/genlib/libusb.xml 2008-04-01 18:37:20 UTC (rev
7337)
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@
</indexterm>
<para>To have raw USB devices set up properly, add the following
- <application>udev</application> rule and add any users
- that need to access raw USB devices to the "usb" group.</para>
+ <application>udev</application> rule.</para>
<screen><literal>cat > /etc/udev/rules.d/23-usb.rules << "EOF"
# Set group ownership for raw USB devices
@@ -176,6 +175,10 @@
<screen><literal>usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=14,devmode=0660 0
0</literal></screen>
-->
+ <para>Add any users that need to access raw USB devices to the
+ <systemitem class="groupname">usb</systemitem> group.</para>
+<screen role="root"><userinput>usermod -a -G usb
<replaceable><username></replaceable></userinput></screen>
+
</sect2>
<sect2 role="content">
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general/sysutils/hal.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general/sysutils/hal.xml 2008-04-01 17:10:26 UTC (rev 7336)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general/sysutils/hal.xml 2008-04-01 18:37:20 UTC (rev 7337)
@@ -276,7 +276,9 @@
<para>Now add the users you would like to the <systemitem
class="groupname">halusers</systemitem> group to use
- <application>HAL</application>. Note that these users still need
+ <application>HAL</application>.</para>
+<screen role="root"><userinput>usermod -a -G halusers
<replaceable><username></replaceable></userinput></screen>
+ <para>Note that these users still need
to have appropriate permissions to access the devices that
<application>HAL</application> will invoke its methods on.</para>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2008-04-01 17:10:26 UTC
(rev 7336)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2008-04-01 18:37:20 UTC
(rev 7337)
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@
<listitem>
<para>[ken] - Updated xine-lib to 1.1.11.1.</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[thomas] - Updates on adding users to groups. Avoid destroying
+ group assignments in usermod commands without -a option</para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/multimedia/libdriv/alsa-utils.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/multimedia/libdriv/alsa-utils.xml 2008-04-01 17:10:26 UTC
(rev 7336)
+++ trunk/BOOK/multimedia/libdriv/alsa-utils.xml 2008-04-01 18:37:20 UTC
(rev 7337)
@@ -167,6 +167,18 @@
EOF
chmod -v 644 /etc/udev/rules.d/40-alsa.rules</userinput></screen>
+ <para>All sound devices are not accessable for any user except
+ <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> and members of the
+ <systemitem class="groupname">audio</systemitem> group. Add any users
+ that might use the sound devices to that group:</para>
+<screen role="root"><userinput>usermod -a -G audio
<replaceable><username></replaceable></userinput></screen>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>You may need to log out and back in again to refresh your group
+ memberships. '<command>su
<replaceable><username></replaceable></command>'
+ should work around this as well.</para>
+ </note>
+
</sect3>
</sect2>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/server/other/svnserver.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/server/other/svnserver.xml 2008-04-01 17:10:26 UTC (rev
7336)
+++ trunk/BOOK/server/other/svnserver.xml 2008-04-01 18:37:20 UTC (rev
7337)
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
user to that group with the following commands:</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 57 svntest &&
-usermod -G svntest svn</userinput></screen>
+usermod -G svntest -a svn</userinput></screen>
<para>Additionally you should set <command>umask 002</command> while
working with a repository so that all new files will be writable by
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
<screen role="root"><userinput>chown -R svn:svntest
/srv/svn/repositories/svntest &&
chmod -R g+w /srv/svn/repositories/svntest &&
chmod g+s /srv/svn/repositories/svntest/db &&
-usermod -G svn,svntest,<replaceable><insert existing
groups></replaceable>
<replaceable><username></replaceable></userinput></screen>
+usermod -G svn,svntest -a
<replaceable><username></replaceable></userinput></screen>
<para><systemitem class="groupname">svntest</systemitem> is the group
assigned to the svntest repository. As mentioned earlier, this eases
Modified: trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x-setup.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x-setup.xml 2008-04-01 17:10:26 UTC (rev 7336)
+++ trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x-setup.xml 2008-04-01 18:37:20 UTC (rev 7337)
@@ -274,6 +274,12 @@
Mode 0660
EndSection</literal></screen>
+ <para>The DRI devices are not accessable for any user except
+ <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> and members of the
+ <systemitem class="groupname">video</systemitem> group. Add any users
+ that might use X to that group:</para>
+<screen role="root"><userinput>usermod -a -G video
<replaceable><username></replaceable></userinput></screen>
+
<note><para>DRI configuration may differ if you are using alternate
drivers, such as those from
<ulink url="http://www.nvidia.com/page/home.html";>NVIDIA</ulink> or
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