On (22/06/06 16:56), Derek Martin wrote: > Hi folks, > > If there's a more appropriate place to ask this, please let me know. > > I manage a large number of workstations which run Debian. Everyone in > my organization need to be able to access any of these workstations, > and they expect basic services (like sound, for example) to work > properly. > > Red Hat has a nice PAM library that lets people access, say, the sound > devices when they log in on the console. Thus anyone who logs in > automatically has access to the sound devices. However, this facility > appears to be lacking in Sarge. > > Note: it is not possible for me to add everyone to the audio group. > The workstations get all authentication and group memberships from > corporate resources which I do not control. And, even if it were > possible, it would be a very bad solution given the large number of > machines and large number of users; it would be a maintenance > nightmare. >
A reference. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2002/07/msg01521.html I haven't used pam_console but it does sound quite undesirable. Have a look in /usr/share/doc/udev, that will tell you how to disable udev. James -- James Westby [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jameswestby.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]