Re: set (floppy,cdrom,...) permissions for console user
Quoting Thomas Gebhardt (gebhardt@HRZ.Uni-Marburg.DE):
>
> is there a safe way to supply the user who is sitting in front
> of the console (logged in with xdm) with special permissions
> (i.e., to access the floppy, /dev/audio and cdrom?
Whether this is as easy with xdm as it is on a VC, I don't know.
But it's inherently unsafe. Look at /etc/login.defs on slink and,
to complete the exercise left for the reader, see
/etc/security/group.conf on potato.
Cheers,
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