From: Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: "console" virtual group for desktop users
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 15:35:18 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040405153517.GA6857@devserv.devel.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1080968284.14089.88.camel@matt>
Matthew Mastracci (matt@aclaro.com) said:
> I originally posted this message to Redhat's pam-list, but I didn't
> receive any responses. I'm not certain if these lists are the best
> place for it, but I can see possible overlap with some of the Project
> Utopia and general Linux Hotplug work and thought it could provoke some
> useful discussion here.
>
> The summary of the message is the replacement of the "console.perms"
> style permissions with a "console" group, whose members would be
> provided by an nsswitch library. These members would dynamically update
> as users create/kill X sessions, allowing two locally logged in users
> with different X sessions to share local devices (ie: /dev/dsp,
> /dev/dvd, etc.)
Temporary membersip in a group = permanent membership in a group.
So it's not really a good idea by itself without other restrictions.
Bill
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-04-05 15:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-04-03 4:58 "console" virtual group for desktop users Matthew Mastracci
2004-04-03 15:43 ` Waldo Bastian
2004-04-03 18:36 ` Matthew Mastracci
2004-04-05 15:35 ` Bill Nottingham [this message]
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