On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 01:32:42AM +0200, Hendrik Sattler wrote: > > /etc/fstab: if something is marked "user", then a user can mount it. > > You can also look at the permissions of the entry in /dev to see if a > > user can access it directly. > > That is still the case > > > Now, apparently, if a user is in the plugdev group, then that user could > > mount it even if it appears nowhere in fstab and even if the user > > doesn't have access to the /dev entry. But this isn't documented > > anywhere obvious, certainly. It should be in big capital letters > > somewhere. > > No, he can only mount it if it is marked as a removable device _and_ if the > device file has the proper permissions for the user
My own experience suggests that this is not the case. I have never made my user have permissions for the SCSI devices that are used when I plug in my iPod, but there is KDE offering to (and succeeding to) mount it just the same. So no, that is not still the case. > > things specified in /etc/network/interfaces. So I can't tell it to run > > an iwpriv command on my wireless card before scanning for networks. > > "man NetworkManagerDispatcher" looks promising To some degree. But it still doesn't really do as much as the GUI tools do, even after hacking. > Good question. The concept for a cli like this would need many thoughts, > though. A GUI makes that a bit easier. Well, one could easily enough forgo the notification of status change but support commands to query and change the status -- just like ifconfig, ifup, and ifdown do. Then all you need is a way to store wifi configs and that should do it. > > restrict that? > > A user is a member of group netdev or not. Management goes with d-bus > configuration files. OK, but this is not documented in any obvious place. This flies in the face of traditional Unix practice, so it is especially important to make a big fat notice about it. Also, what is the first-time Debian user to do? How does this person learn about the need to add someone to netdev? -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
