On 26-05-2020 03:22, terryc wrote: > On Mon, 25 May 2020 13:31:49 +0000 > dal <d...@chalmers.se> wrote: > >> Dear list, >> >> A round of searching and reading did not give me any usable >> explanation of Subj on Devuan. >> >> More specifically, static assignment of users to the "audio"/"video" >> groups is not applicable (on shared, remotely accessible computers). >> >> It looks like ConsoleKit used to be the answer in Debian, >> but in my testing on Beowulf the consolekit package is not compatible >> with any desktop environment besides xfce. >> >> Is this an inherent limitation somewhere, a packaging bug >> or otherwise a misunderstanding on my part? >> >> Regards, >> /D > > My understanding is that it is a inherent limitation of *nix. > Based on the permissions of a user are defined on login and can > not be changed unless the use logs in again in after they gain the > desired permission(s) and thus access to devices and which they can > only do if they are already defined as a user on that particular system. > > Depending on your particular needs, the simple way around this is to > define each user on all systems and the user can then ssh, or > whatever and run the application. As our SOHO is small, this is what > we do, although I'm the only one sometimes inclined to ssh;aplay > test.wav or such to determine a user problem. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
You probably will need a LDAP based solution for this. In mixed environments you could use Samba 4 as a PDC and LDAP provider. It is still on my (long) todo list. Grtz Nick
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