In my lab, there are lots of users in an LDAP database. These users are assigned to the groups audio,video,plugdev,etc. by pam_group (using the /etc/security/groups.conf file). The problem is, DBUS doesn't recognize users as being in groups unless they're in /etc/group, which isn't practical for our setup. So, there are permission problems with USB sticks, kpowersave, etc. (well, there *will* be, once I upgrade from Dapper to a more version of Kubuntu).
On my laptop, I can use (the kludge) "adduser $uname plugdev"... this won't work in the lab.
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In my lab, there are lots of users in an LDAP database. These users are assigned to the groups audio,video, plugdev, etc. by pam_group (using the /etc/security/ groups. conf file). The problem is, DBUS doesn't recognize users as being in groups unless they're in /etc/group, which isn't practical for our setup. So, there are permission problems with USB sticks, kpowersave, etc. (well, there *will* be, once I upgrade from Dapper to a more version of Kubuntu).
On my laptop, I can use (the kludge) "adduser $uname plugdev"... this won't work in the lab.