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Re: pam_console for debian



On Fri, Jul 26, 2002 at 02:12:25PM -0700, Jon Leonard wrote:
> Is there something wrong the the method of just chowning the device to
> match the currently logged in user?  It does still leave a few quirks,
> like being able to keep the device open after logging out (nohup'd process
> or similar), and needs a little thought to cover the 'right' answer for
> multiple users logged in on virtual consoles.

This seems to be not much better then inserting users into the required
group using pam_group.

While you can no longer create a set-gid script to get the device
whenever you want, you just keep the device open after you log in
instead.

Or am I missing something?
-- 
Brian May <bam@debian.org>


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