cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia chapter.sgml

[Remko Lodder]

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 09:40:39AM +0200, Marc Fonvieille wrote:
> 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


Ah OK then I misread. As said I didn't read the text so I am perfectly
comfortable with your explaination and I do agree with Manolis in that
case that the permissions probably should be 0660.

Thanks,
remko

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