On Fri, Oct 11, 2002, Oliver Neukum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'd rather not go that route. > > > > I'd much rather prefer that applications add some a configuration to > > hotplug with the devices they support and hotplug dynamically adjust the > > permissions to the console user. > > > > This should be doable. > > Not entirely and securely. > To be precise, you can hand out permissions, but you cannot take them away.
I'm not sure I understand what you mean here. > If you leave that to the hotplugging scripts, you have to wait for them > to finish, Yes, I figured that much :) > and even more painfully, what do you do if there's an IO error > during execution of the script. The only safe reaction would be a kernel > panic. A kernel panic should only be the result of a catastrophic system failure that the kernel cannot continue from. Failing to set permissions on a device doesn't seem like something that would qualify for a panic. Regardless, a bug in a script can always cause a failure. So can a bug in the kernel. I'm not exactly sure what you're getting at here. JE ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
