Comment 13 for bug 7004

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 01:18:32 -0700
From: Matt Zimmerman <email address hidden>
To: Ludovic Rousseau <email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>, David Pettersson <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#258847: libpisock8: System serial device permissions overridden

severity 258847 normal
thanks

On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 10:14:09AM +0200, Ludovic Rousseau wrote:

> Le Sunday 11 July 2004 �4:43:23, Matt Zimmerman a �it:
> > This is a serious issue; I am adjusting the severity of this bug accordingly.
>
> Matt,
>
> Can you read the other messages regarding this bug and tell me if you
> still consider it a serious issue?

No, I do not. If this is not done by default, and only when the user
explicitly requests it, this is not as serious as it appeared.

However, I do question the need for this mechanism...isn't it simpler to
require that users be added to the dialout group? That is its purpose.

> I can add a comment in /etc/devfs/conf.d/libpisock8 to indicate why the
> file is here and how to change it. Do you think it will be enough?

That would be helpful.

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 - mdz