#2065: Remove the "usb" group
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Reporter: ra...@… | Owner: bdu...@…
Type: task | Status: assigned
Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.4
Component: BOOK | Version: SVN
Severity: normal | Keywords:
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Comment(by alexan...@…):
The "usb" group is only mentioned indirectly on the "About Devices" page,
through "devgid=14", and this is relevant only for VMware and QEMU. There
is no rule that puts all raw USB devices into this group. In fact, the
title is a bit misleading. What I meant was to make VMware and QEMU the
only programs where access to USB devices is controlled through the "usb"
group. Previously, there were no rules for scanners, and by default
(without reading the "About Devices" page) they worked for non-root only
due to the old (now removed) LFS rule that put all raw USB devices into
the "usb" group.
The comment about buffer overflow is obsolete. The only thing that remains
to be done is to remove or replace the example with the scanner group on
the "About Devices" page (btw, the mode is wrong there, as write access is
required), as it is redundant. Or just mention that such rule already
exists and is shown only for the purposes of demonstration.
So, I'll test this tomorrow and probably close the bug.
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