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



On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 12:38:00PM +0200, Nikolai Prokoschenko wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 08:27:57PM +1000, Andrew Pollock wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> Just ask the user, whether the specified user should have access to
> audio/video/dri/floppy/disk/dip/etc. allowing to choose exactly which
> groups these are.
> 
> "Should this newly created user"
> [ ] have access to the floppy
> [ ] be allowed to use the sound card
> [ ] be allowed to burn CDs
> ...
> 
> and so on. I think this question would fit into base-config and could be
> skipped by just hitting Enter (no groups).

Oh I like you're thinking...

Andrew



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