Le mercredi 29 juillet 2009 à 13:41 +0200, Frederic Crozat a écrit : > Hi all, > > we just switched Mandriva cooker permissions on device from pam_console > + HAL ACL to udev ACL. > > And now, we are starting to discover some regressions ;) > > Before the switch /dev/ttyACM* was given console privilege, allowing > usage of programs like gammu (and its derivative) to access phones > through their modem interface. > > With the switch, it is not possible anymore and I'm not sure which path > is better (if we can find one which is cross-distro) : > - add users to dialout group : can't be done while users is logged, > doesn't handle upgrade, hard to find for users > - setgid programs like gammu for dialout : no action for users needed > but any user (even without console privilege) will gain access to those > devices > - ACL on ttyACM* : no action for users needed, give the same kind of > access control as pam_console was giving. On the other hand, any > "console" user will be able to dialout the device. > > Opinions ? No opinions ? -- Frederic Crozat <fcrozat@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Mandriva -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hotplug" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
