Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wednesday 03 March 2004 17:05, Christian Perrier wrote: > > 233894 may induce some discussion (is it OK to automatically add the > > first user to system groups like cdrom, audio and so on). This is not > > critical thus we can delay it. > > > Suggestion: make this dependent on debconf PRIORITY. > > HIGH: add user automatically; this would mostly be used by end-users installing > a desktop, probably for single user > MEDIUM: show dialog with some groups (like audio, cdrom) preselected by default > LOW: show dialog with no groups preselected by default > > It would be nice if some explanation of the use of each group would be given > in the dialog. > > I think there is little or any real security risk if this feature would be > well documented and explained in the installation manual. > > Thanks.
No. Either the device permissions or membership in the device groups need to be managed differently, by a pam module or a login script. The way Debian does it now is an ugly kludge with annoying side effects, and I will consider *any* patches that add "initial" users to groups to be bugs until reeducated by the technical committee or some other solution is found. kcr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
