CD-RW Group, is "generic" always a CD Burner??? (Re: Bug#123550: perms: generic should be set)
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>>>>> "Russell" == Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> writes:
>>>>> "Karl" == Karl M. Hegbloom <karlheg@microsharp.com> wrote:
Karl> I think that the perms for the scsi generic device
Karl> (typically a CD burner) ought to be set. root:cdrom
Karl> ug=rw,o=
Russell> Is the generic SCSI device ALWAYS a CD burner or similar
Russell> device? Or are there situations in which a hard drive
Russell> could be accessed through it?
I have no way of knowing. Does anyone else know the answer?
Russell> Also I believe that in most cases the authority needed to
Russell> burn a CD is different to that needed to read a CD.
Russell> Therefore the cdrom group would not be appropriate.
Russell> Maybe we need a cdrw group?
I'll second that suggestion. It seems appropriate to me. Can we
allocate another group?
On the subject of the "User & Group Database", I think that the
Linux Standard Base spec for that ought to be a lot more like the
Debian Policy Manual spec for it... I submitted a comment to them
about that, but I bet it would not hurt if someone they'll take
seriously ;-p would write in about it also. You can find what I
wrote if you look for it in their ticket tracker.
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