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Re: Should base-config add added users to useful groups?



Quoting Andrew Pollock (debian-lists-2004@andrew.net.au):
> Bit of a mouthful of a subject.
> 
> I'm wondering if it would be beneficial to automatically add the non-root
> user created by base-config to a few groups, e.g. cdrom, floppy, audio,
> video?

s/by base-config/by shadow

> 
> Let's assume the case of someone using d-i to install Sarge on a machine
> that will be that person's desktop (hey that's me!). Most likely it will
> only have the one user. The installation will be more useful "out of the
> box" for that non-priviledged user if that user can access the cdrom, and
> the floppy drive and make noises come out of the speakers.

See bug reports for the shadow package.....This feature has been asked
several times but its implications are non-trivial.

Suggestions have been made for adding this in base-config if, for some
valid reasons, this is not implemented in shadow.




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