On 02/04/2014 02:29 PM, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: > On Tue, Feb 04 2014, Daniel Campbell wrote: > >> On 02/04/2014 01:58 PM, Joseph wrote: >>> Is it possible to go from "systemd" to "udev"? >>> >>> I don't like the way systemd works. I have a problem with mounting USB >>> sick (it mounts as root:root) and I can not even change the permission. >>> I am receiving Hylafax fax transmission reports (email) on all incoming >>> faxes and now these emails are empty. >>> It all start happening after switching to systemd :-( >>> >> >> systemd and udev are part of the same project, so I believe what you >> meant was switching from systemd to OpenRC. I've not made such a switch, >> but if you remember the steps you took, you can generally just reverse >> them. That is, emerge openrc again, change the kernel line in GRUB to >> point to regular init instead of systemd's init, reboot, and things >> *should* fall into place. >> >> USB drives mounting as root sounds like a udev thing rather than a >> systemd thing, and switching to OpenRC for your init won't fix it afaik. >> For the devices that you need this behavior for, it might be worth >> looking into writing some udev rules. You can get a start by consulting >> `lsusb` output and Googling for 'udev rules' to get a wide variety of >> guides for writing udev rules. Despite the recent changes to udev by the >> systemd team, udev still functions mostly the same and most guides will >> be accurate. >> >> I hope this helps! >> >> ~Daniel > > There are changes in USE. -systemd +consolekit > If you switched to a systemd profile, switch back.
I'm sure that unsetting the consolekit useflag (when I switched to systemd) resulted in some non-MicroSoft behavior, e.g. I now need to authenticate as root when plugging or ejecting a USB stick, and yet again when I poweroff or reboot the machine Being the only user of this machine, I could work up some outrage over this new PITA -- but I've decided not to be outraged. I pretend to be a sysadmin and imagine how I would feel if an arbitrary user demanded the ability to plug any arbitrary USB stick into his corporate workstation. Well, I'm not a corporate sysadmin, and never will be, but I think I'd be reluctant to let him do it. Any official sysadmins out there have an infallible opinion to offer?
