Re: static user needed; rest done in base-config

[Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>]

On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 05:27:35PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> I have made base-config add the first user to plugdev, if that group
> exists. So we only need a static plugdev group to be added in
> base-passwd and this will be fixed. See
> http://oskuro.net/blog/freesoftware/gnome-2.8-sarge-2004-12-03-18-19 for
> some good reasoning about why this will become a FAQ if it's not fixed.

Done, with gid 46. I've added documentation of the group as follows:

      <varlistentry>
        <term>plugdev</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Members of this group can mount removable devices in limited
            ways via <command>pmount</command> without a matching entry in
            <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>. This is useful for local users
            who expect to be able to insert and use CDs, USB drives, and so
            on.
          </para>
          <para>
            Since <command>pmount</command> always mounts with the nodev and
            nosuid options and applies other checks, this group is not
            intended to be root-equivalent in the ways that the ability to
            mount filesystems might ordinarily allow. Implementors of
            semantics involving this group should be careful not to allow
            root-equivalence.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

If there are any inaccuracies here, let me know.

Cheers,

-- 
Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson@debian.org]