Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 19:34:19 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: Mitsuru IWASAKI <iwasaki@jp.FreeBSD.org>, slumos@nevada.edu, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: APM questions Message-ID: <20000214193419.A14346@orion.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <200002150320.UAA61998@harmony.village.org>; from imp@village.org on Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 08:20:34PM -0700 References: <200002150208.LAA06403@tasogare.imasy.or.jp> <Pine.OSF.4.10.10002131235070.29987-100000@pollux.nevada.edu> <200002150208.LAA06403@tasogare.imasy.or.jp> <200002150320.UAA61998@harmony.village.org>
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On Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 08:20:34PM -0700, Warner Losh wrote: > In message <200002150208.LAA06403@tasogare.imasy.or.jp> Mitsuru IWASAKI writes: > : I recommend adding users as operator into /etc/group. > > I would like to second this as well. It is a good thing. > Alternatively, one can chmod /dev/apm* to 777 so that anybody can do > apm things. On a single user machine that has only one user, this is > likely a good thing. If the thugs break into my laptop, then I think > that if they do apm things I will notice and I will take corrective > actions. It would also cut them off from doing further damage :-) I've taken to creating an apm group and adding the users to it as needed. That way I know exactly what permissions I'm granting (and I avoid granting read access to all drives ;-). -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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