On Sat July 12 2008 06:40:30 am Mark Purcell wrote: > Thanks for the comment. The other suggestion is to use > lp.plugdev > > But the downside of that is there is then no way to distinguish > between plugged in printers and other devices such as cameras.
Another downside is the combination of wild cards in the match selector with the setting of OWNER... not only do you need to ensure the hpmud.rules are read before other, more specific, rules which match the same devices, the other .rules (e.g., ghpoto's) need to also start setting OWNER so those devices don't end up owned by lp. Surely having a Photosmart camera device owned by lp.plugdev is not good since it allows anyone in group lp (traditionally, anyone with access to printers) to plug in and use a Photosmart camera even though they may not belong to group plugdev. I think hpmud.rules should stop setting OWNER, which will then default to root. Of course, if HPLIP were to start specifying individual devices instead of blocks of devices, regardless of whether or not they are printers/scanners or cameras, the setting of OWNER would not matter. As far as setting GROUP=lp|scanner|plugdev or using ACL's (eventually, since it is too close to release to to implement?)... <shrug> I don't know which would be best. - Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
