On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 19:32:38 +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Nov 09, Martin Pitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> We solved (4) by introducing a new group called 'plugdev'. Every user >> who is a member of this group can access hotpluggable devices (digital >> cameras, USB drives etc.). pmount can only be executed by members of >> this group (it is root:plugdev 750), hal runs in this group to be able >> to detect file systems (but it does not run in 'disk'), and udev assigns >> the 'plugdev' group to removable devices (static drives remain in group >> 'disk'). > I'm not sure about what I should do as the udev maintainer. The default > udev configuration does not really know for sure if a given device is > removable.
Initially I was going to suggest you'd know because of the bus-type but I suspect that even that may not be enough (SATA IDE devices: removable or not; PCI-X cards: removable or not) I'd assume that all storage can come and go 'at whim'. Anand -- linux.conf.au 2005 - http://lca2005.linux.org.au/ - Birthplace of Tux April 18th to 23rd - http://lca2005.linux.org.au/ - LINUX Canberra, Australia - http://lca2005.linux.org.au/ - Get bitten!
