Re: default group issue

2004-03-30 Thread kcr
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Roland Bauerschmidt wrote: > > Despite those considerations, I see that you probably need something to > > work with for sarge. If you really want that feature for sarge, I'd be > > willing to add the suggested option and make it an alias to '--template > >

Re: default group issue

2004-03-29 Thread Joey Hess
Roland Bauerschmidt wrote: > Despite those considerations, I see that you probably need something to > work with for sarge. If you really want that feature for sarge, I'd be > willing to add the suggested option and make it an alias to '--template > console' once that's implemented. Yes, we would

Re: default group issue

2004-03-29 Thread Roland Bauerschmidt
Package: adduser Severity: wishlist Joey Hess wrote: > So he just wants some infrastructure around this. That seems reasonable. > How about something like this: > > - Add to adduser.conf a CONSOLEGROUPS variable, defaulting to > CONSOLEGROUPS="audio cdrom dialout floppy video" > - Add a

Re: default group issue

2004-03-28 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Kenshi Muto ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > How about something like this: > > > > - Add to adduser.conf a CONSOLEGROUPS variable, defaulting to > > CONSOLEGROUPS="audio cdrom dialout floppy video" > > - Add a --console-user flag to adduser, which creates the user in > > that set of

Re: default group issue

2004-03-28 Thread Kenshi Muto
Hi Joey, At 29 Mar 04 04:40:36 GMT, Joey Hess wrote: > Kenshi Muto wrote: > Karl Ramm wrote: > > This doesn't make the situation any less confusing, this just puts the > > confusion earlier in the install and setup process. > > > > This needs a better list of initial groups, that it *doesn't* ask

Re: default group issue

2004-03-28 Thread Joey Hess
Kenshi Muto wrote: > I'm thinking Bug#166718 (add initial user to useful groups). > This bug looks be rejected by maintainer, but we know many novice > users complain us 'why can't I play sound? / use CD-ROM / access my > modem / blah, blah...'. Sigh. > > Modifying shadow is rejected currently, bu

default group issue

2004-03-28 Thread Kenshi Muto
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi folks, I'm thinking Bug#166718 (add initial user to useful groups). This bug looks be rejected by maintainer, but we know many novice users complain us 'why can't I play sound? / use CD-ROM / access my modem / blah, blah...'. Sigh. Modifying shado