From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Mastracci Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2004 18:36:25 +0000 Subject: Re: "console" virtual group for desktop users Message-Id: <1081017385.14089.96.camel@matt> List-Id: References: <1080968284.14089.88.camel@matt> In-Reply-To: <1080968284.14089.88.camel@matt> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org > > An nsswitch module could just enumerate the entries in > > /var/run/console/* and return them as part of the console group. These > > users should then have access to the given console device. > > > > Thoughts? > > Assume that user A logs in, starts a background process, and logs out again. > Now user B logs in. The background process of user A would continue to have > the privileges associated with the console group afaik. That may be a > problem. Good point. I suppose adding and removing ACLs (on a filesystem that supports it) might be a better solution. In the mean time, I guess I'll use remove all of the entries from console.perms, set all of the devices as root.console and keep the console group definition static with both of my local users. Have any of the desktop environment groups put any thought into how this stuff might work long-term? I'm pretty certain the gdm multiple-login feature is going to be popular, potentially causing a few headaches like I'm having (though my case is just two X sessions on Ctrl+Alt+F7/F8). Thanks for the info, -- Matthew Mastracci ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id70&alloc_id638&op=click _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel