On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Peter Cavender wrote:
>> systems). "owner" means the user must own the /dev/ file before doing the
>> mount, which works well on Red Hat systems, which are configured such that
>> anyone logging in on the console becomes the owner of the removable media
>> devices.
>
> Do you have any idea where the code for this hack exists? In login?
It is part of the PAM "console" module.
Manual pages: pam_console(1), console.perms(5), console.apps(5)
It is also covered in the "Red Hat Linux Reference Guide", in the "System
Administration" chapter, in the "Configuring Console Access" section.
Red Hat also has a white paper on the topic:
http://www.redhat.com/knowledgebase/newpam/
Hope this helps!
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