From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: martin f krafft Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:42:56 +0000 Subject: Re: Bug#286040: please allow permissions.d to follow symlinks Message-Id: <20041217144256.GA26874@cirrus.madduck.net> MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq" List-Id: References: <20041217083115.GA4050@wonderland.linux.it> In-Reply-To: <20041217083115.GA4050@wonderland.linux.it> To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable also sprach Stefan Schweizer [2004.12.17.1536 +0100]: > There are sure more of them, but this is the most common example. > pam hided these problems, because it changes the permissions when > a user logs in. =2E.. which is ultimately asking for troubles... > I made a patch to solve this with a GROUP=3D"" statement, whcih is > now used in gentoos udev. But I think its ugly design, because > permissions should be kept in permissions.d and not in rules.d, > and you can even have more advanced rules then, making the group > cdrw based on if a symlink to that exists. Excellent point. PS: Please use 286040-quiet@ instead of 286040@ in the CC, since Marco reads linux-hotplug-devel anyway. Also, I would appreciate not being included in the CC, as I read the list as well. My Mail-Followup-To header should be set appropriately. --=20 .''`. martin f. krafft : :' : proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system =20 Invalid/expired PGP subkeys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver! --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBwvBwIgvIgzMMSnURAoH7AKDkFgVuAmERygSKRX+cgdKsmCIP+ACdHPbk On0UtNA1w5MIneEcgrIGC/w= =qYP5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq-- ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ 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