Thus spake Robert Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > So one thing we could start doing is have sysinstall's adduser stuff offer > to place new users in the operator group, and set up the default > permissions on removable devices such that the operator group has > read/write access to them (or even just read-access). This would be > logically equivilent to placing users in an admin group at instlal on > Windows or Mac OS X. Operator access connotes the ability to shut down > the system in FreeBSD, as well as the ability to dump file systems, etc. > Another possibility would be to evolve our notion of console user based on > fbtab some for workstation configurations.
I think putting new users in the operator group, even as a default-off option, is more liberal than necessary. Using fbtab to allow access to removable and audio devices seems like the right thing to do. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
