On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 04:47:09PM +0100, John Gay wrote: > This seems to come up again and again. Users not in audio group or other > access groups. Is there some reason that Debian does not include users > into these groups by default? Don't let yourself be fooled by the "one-computer one-person" Windows mode of thought. One local user, twenty remote users. Or two thousand. I don't want two thousand remote shell users to compete with me over one audio device, the output of which only I can hear. Think "remote user uploads and plays thrash metal MP3 files in the middle of the night". > I can't see why you would want to not include a user into one of these > groups. I can. > Could it not be part of the installation to ask if all users should be > included in groups like audio and such? THAT would be an option I would welcome. As long as it stays an option. -- Jens Benecke http://www.hitchhikers.de/ - Die kostenlose Mitfahrzentrale für ganz Europa
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