Re: group ownership of /dev files
On (22/06/06 16:56), Derek Martin wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> If there's a more appropriate place to ask this, please let me know.
>
> I manage a large number of workstations which run Debian. Everyone in
> my organization need to be able to access any of these workstations,
> and they expect basic services (like sound, for example) to work
> properly.
>
> Red Hat has a nice PAM library that lets people access, say, the sound
> devices when they log in on the console. Thus anyone who logs in
> automatically has access to the sound devices. However, this facility
> appears to be lacking in Sarge.
>
> Note: it is not possible for me to add everyone to the audio group.
> The workstations get all authentication and group memberships from
> corporate resources which I do not control. And, even if it were
> possible, it would be a very bad solution given the large number of
> machines and large number of users; it would be a maintenance
> nightmare.
>
A reference.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2002/07/msg01521.html
I haven't used pam_console but it does sound quite undesirable.
Have a look in /usr/share/doc/udev, that will tell you how to disable
udev.
James
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