> > If I had a list of USB product IDs for HP printers, I could > create a > > matching /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/80-HPprinter.fdi > file to grant > > read/wrire access even for HP printers for locally logged in users. > > > > If I had a list of USB product IDs for all HPLIP supported > devices, I > > could create a matching /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/70-hplip.fdi > > file to grant the access out-of-the box for HPLIP devices > even without > > the need to do the permission stuff via YaST for HP > all-in-one devices. > > > > If there was a list of USB product IDs for all HPLIP supported > > devices, even the udev rules would be correct and would no > longer set > > HPLIP permissions for any HP USB device. In particular no > longer read > > access for all users for a HP USB mass storage device or a > HP USB keyboard. > > (If any user can read the keyboard, any user may be able to > read the > > keystrokes e.g. when the login password is typed.) > > > That all sounds like some really great ideas. Is this > something users could help with, or would HP be willing to > supply the product IDs? I think this could be a tremendous > advantage to HP printers sales in the Linux market, the > easier it is to get them working (which hplip has made great > strides) and working well. I truly hope your ideas become a reality! >
Yes having all the HPLIP supported product-ids available is a good idea. We are entering all HPLIP product-ids into the data/models/models.dat file. Should be in the next HPLIP release. The 55-hpmud.rules file will be generated from the data file. The default udev privileges will be MODE=0666 for tar ball installs, but the distros can create there own rules file(s) and policy. In order to help distros set their own user policies, we are including the script file for generating the 55-hpmud.rules file in the tar ball. -dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ HPLIP-Help mailing list HPLIP-Help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hplip-help
