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Date:      Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:40:39 +0200
From:      Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Remko Lodder <remko@elvandar.org>
Cc:        Manolis Kiagias <manolis@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, doc-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia chapter.sgml
Message-ID:  <20090814074039.GB1239@gothic.blackend.org>
In-Reply-To: <781B23CA-C7E9-4FC0-843B-7CD88E0FEF71@elvandar.org>
References:  <200908121106.n7CB6Z4b073691@repoman.freebsd.org> <4A846C33.90302@FreeBSD.org> <781B23CA-C7E9-4FC0-843B-7CD88E0FEF71@elvandar.org>

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On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 10:56:39PM +0200, Remko Lodder wrote:
> 
> On Aug 13, 2009, at 9:40 PM, Manolis Kiagias wrote:
> 
> > Marc Fonvieille wrote:
> >> blackend    2009-08-12 11:06:35 UTC
> >>
> >>  FreeBSD doc repository
> >>
> >>  Modified files:
> >>    en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia chapter.sgml
> >>  Log:
> >>  Update Image Scanners section for 8.X.  Thanks to Ken Tom for the  
> >> tests
> >>  on his hardware
> > This is in section 7.6.4:
> >
> > [system=5]
> > add path ugen0.2 mode 660 group usb
> > add path usb/0.2.0 mode 0666 group usb
> >
> > Is the 0666 in the second line a typo? I guess it should be 0660 like
> > the first one?
> 
> That would probably make the scanner not accessible by people not  
> owning the device or in the group usb. I saw on IRC that
> the plan was that everyone should be able to use it... (I did not read  
> the text itself).

There is no plan that I'm aware.  I just redid what I did in the
previous version of this section, i.e., allowing some users to access to
the scanner.  By default rw perms are for 'operator' or 'wheel' group
members, the section explains how to create a specific group called
'usb', allow rw perms for this group and then how to add people to that
group.  I assume there are other solutions, but this one is simple, can
be used with other USB devices (umass...), and push people to think
twice before giving access to a device.

-- 
Marc



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