Christopher Martin wrote: > But I don't see any real reason to separate plugdev and camera. If the > plugdev group were such a massive potential security problem to the point > where someone might want to grant camera access but not plugdev access (I > just can't envision such a scenario), then plugdev probably wouldn't be a > default group for the first non-root user.
Another reason why the separation of cameras into their own group is needless is that many cameras can be mounted as USB mass storage devices. Regular USB mass storage devices are read/writable for users in the plugdev group when using hal/dbus (as both GNOME and KDE do). So the privilege separation of the camera from the plugdev group won't even matter for a large number of cameras. For these reasons, please consider switching libgphoto2 to using the plugdev group like Ubuntu. This will simplify setup for users (since plugdev is a default group to which users are added by the installer) and make Debian easier to use. BTW, the latest upload now works great with a recent kernel and udev, though the /etc/udev files still linger on purge. Thanks, Christopher Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
