Re: #342455

[Raul Miller <moth.debian@gmail.com>]

On 2/10/06, Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk> channelled:
> The proposed change to devmapper changes the permissions for all block
> devices, doesn't it ?  Whereas the other debian defaults vary from one
> kind of device to another.  For example, floppies are g+w floppy.

The change to devmapper is inconsistent in the context of many groups
of machines.

It's also inconsistent over time on many single machines.

> For changing the `default' by changing the permissions at device
> creation time at the very least introduces a race, where the device
> briefly has the default permissions; if the defaults are maximally
> restrictive then this is OK.

The debian defaults grant permission to an empty group -- one
which by default has no users -- this is maximally restrictive.

--
Raul