Bug#240707: base-config: need to define group memberships for created user
Package: base-config
Version: 2.15
Severity: normal
Otherwise system is not usable by the user as expected,
i.e. floppy, cdrom, etc. not available.
The added security is good, but the limitations
need to be visible when adding the user.
I suggest to add a muliple-choice selection for device permission groups,
the new user should be a member of.
(I think the relevant group IDs range is 20 and up. Might be
a good idea to have even better defined ranges for
system accounts, deamons, device groups, application groups,
real users, real user groups etc.)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.25-1-386
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro
Versions of packages base-config depends on:
ii adduser 3.51 Add and remove users and groups
ii apt 0.5.23 Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii aptitude 0.2.14-3 curses-based apt frontend
ii bsdutils 1:2.12-3 Basic utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite
ii console-data 2002.12.04dbs-33 Keymaps, fonts, charset maps, fall
ii console-tools 1:0.2.3dbs-50 Linux console and font utilities
ii debconf 1.4.16 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 2.7.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii gettext-base 0.14.1-1 GNU Internationalization utilities
ii passwd 1:4.0.3-21 Change and administer password and
-- debconf information:
* tzconfig/choose_country_zone_single: true
base-config/menu/mta:
tzconfig/select_zone:
tzconfig/verify_choices: true
tzconfig/choose_country_zone/BR: East
* base-config/intro:
apt-setup/security-updates: true
apt-setup/another: false
base-config/title:
base-config/menu/finish:
debian-installer/language: de_DE:de:en_GB:en
apt-setup/mirror: http.us.debian.org
base-config/start-display-manager: true
base-config/menu/apt-setup:
base-config/menu/keyboard:
tzconfig/title:
debian-installer/country: DE
* apt-setup/directory: /main
base-config/install-problem: true
tzconfig/change_timezone: false
* base-config/pkgsel: tasksel - Schnelle Auswahl von vordefinierten Software-Sammlungen
base-config/menu/hostname:
apt-setup/cd/another: false
apt-setup/non-free: false
apt-setup/badedit:
mirror/suite: testing
apt-setup/baddir:
base-config/menu/pkgsel:
base-config/menu/apt-get:
base-config/menu/timezone:
base-config/menu/intro:
base-config/menu/passwd:
* apt-setup/hostname: tjener.intern:9999
base-config/menu/pon:
* base-config/login:
* tzconfig/gmt: false
apt-setup/title:
* mirror/http/proxy:
apt-setup/contrib: false
base-config/main-menu: Konfiguration des Grundsystems abschließen
tzconfig/geographic_area:
apt-setup/cd/dev: /dev/cdrom
* apt-setup/country: Daten von Hand eingeben
debian-installer/keymap: de-latin1-nodeadkeys
apt-setup/badsource:
base-config/use-ppp: false
* apt-setup/uri_type: http
tzconfig/choose_country_zone/US: Eastern
apt-setup/not-mirror:
base-config/get-hostname: debian
tzconfig/choose_country_zone_multiple: Europe/Berlin
tzconfig/choose_country_zone/CA: Eastern
* apt-setup/security-updates-failed:
base-config/menu/shell:
apt-setup/cd/bad:
base-config/invalid-hostname:
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