On Sat July 12 2008 08:32:49 am Till Kamppeter wrote: > Mark Purcell wrote: > > Thanks for the comment. The other suggestion is to use > > lp.plugdev > > > > But the downside of that is there is then no way to distinguish > > between plugged in printers and other devices such as cameras. > > So the group ownership of a newly appearing device file is used to > determine the type of plugged device (at least by certain apps)?
Not that I am aware of. Wouldn't such behaviour be buggy since groups are the most basic access control mechanism and sysadmin's often fiddle with group membership--which could easily break any app trying to use group membership in such a way. - Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
