Re: change /dev/console owner to user logged on console?

2004-10-13 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Marc D Ronell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Under Debian, is there a method which allows any user directly logged onto the host and using the host's keyboard and monitor to take ownership of some that host's devices? pam_console Mike. -- In times of universal

Re: change /dev/console owner to user logged on console?

2004-10-13 Thread Marc D Ronell
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to gmane.linux.debian.user as well. Miquel == Miquel van Smoorenburg [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Marc D Ronell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Under Debian, is there a method which allows

Re: change /dev/console owner to user logged on console?

2004-10-13 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Marc D Ronell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to gmane.linux.debian.user as well. Miquel == Miquel van Smoorenburg [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Marc D Ronell

change /dev/console owner to user logged on console?

2004-10-12 Thread Marc D Ronell
Hi, Under Debian, is there a method which allows any user directly logged onto the host and using the host's keyboard and monitor to take ownership of some that host's devices? For example, to change the ownership of /dev/xconsole or /dev/fd0 to be owned by the user

Re: change /dev/console owner to user logged on console?

2004-10-12 Thread Tim Kelley
On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 09:19:48AM -0400, Marc D Ronell wrote: Hi, Under Debian, is there a method which allows any user directly logged onto the host and using the host's keyboard and monitor to take ownership of some that host's devices? For example, to change the ownership

Re: change /dev/console owner to user logged on console?

2004-10-12 Thread Marc D Ronell
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to gmane.linux.debian.user as well. Tim == Tim Kelley [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 09:19:48AM -0400, Marc D Ronell wrote: Hi, Under Debian, is there a method which allows any user

Re: change /dev/console owner to user logged on console?

2004-10-12 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tim Kelley [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [re: changing device ownership based on login] Why would you want to do this? Why do you want remote users to be treated any different than local ones? Well, I know with sound, I've always wanted to add people

Re: change /dev/console owner to user logged on console?

2004-10-12 Thread Marc Wilson
On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 09:51:34AM -0500, Tim Kelley wrote: Debian dynamically creates whatever devices that are neccessary when you log in (e.g., /dev/pts/) Not by default, it doesn't. Only if you're participating in the my /dev is emptier than yours dick-waving contest of devfs/udev. --