On September 15, 2005 12:10, you wrote: > Christopher Martin wrote: > > Package: libgphoto2 > > Version: 2.1.6-3 > > Severity: wishlist > > > > Hello, > > > > The coming deprecation of /etc/hotplug/usb presents an opportunity to > > change the group that libgphoto2 uses to regulate access, camera, to > > the more general plugdev group, already used by USB sticks and sundry > > other USB pluggable devices. I don't think it provides a benefit to use > > a separate group just for cameras. Ubuntu seems to agree, since they > > use the plugdev group for cameras as well. This simplifies setup for > > users, since the Debian installer by default adds the first user to the > > plugdev group. > > I really don't know. scanners and smartcard got their own group.
Scanners tend to be slightly more permanently attached, but even then, I wouldn't object to their using plugdev. Though scanners might be good to keep separate because the 'saned' user can be added to the scanners group to enable certain functions, with security implications (saned is for remote access). Smartcard might be worth keeping separate for security reasons as well. But I don't see any real reason to separate plugdev and camera. If the plugdev group were such a massive potential security problem to the point where someone might want to grant camera access but not plugdev access (I just can't envision such a scenario), then plugdev probably wouldn't be a default group for the first non-root user. Cheers, Christopher Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
