Also check out MultiUserManagement
and see this adduser item on default group memberships: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=240855
Sound
- When you create a new user, they should automatically be able to listen to a CD.
- Put all new users into audio group, or
use pam_group see DebianDesktopHowTo
- 'chmod 666 /dev/dsp; chmod a+r /dev/cdrom; chmod 666 /dev/mixer' is a bad idea (mic etc. open to spy on).
Modem
- All users should be able to create an internet connection.
- 'chmod u+s /usr/bin/kppp; chmod +x /usr/bin/kppp'.
- use group dip and a pon/poff dialer like gnome modem leds instead.
- 'chmod u+s /usr/bin/kppp; chmod +x /usr/bin/kppp'.
Automount
With a CD in, clicking on a desktop icon should open CD. Likewise for floppy. See ?CreateAutofsScript for one possibility.
Automount for USBDEVICE is needed (as ?DiskOnKeys, Cameras) and to boot linux from a usb key.
- This is now handled by hal/pmount for plugdev group and with the camera group.
Is IT not enough to put the user in the audio group? I think is simpliest
bye Mauro
To have a user default to being in the audio group, edit the file /etc/default/adduser. From the man page, it looks like there can only be one group added. Looks like you could also run useraddd -D -g audio as part of a script. I wonder if there are Debian rules about modifying things like this in a package install. I can imagine that this could really piss off a good sysadmin. -- MarkBucciarelli
Policy 11.7.4: The maintainer scripts must not alter a conffile of any package This would be a RC bug -- BillAllombert
2002/11/13 16:08 UTC (via web):
also, cd-writers should automatically be setup properly. Altho with Linux 2.6/3.0, I guess tehre won't be much need for any setup...
2002/11/15 21:08 UTC (via web):
For security, the user should probably be asked if the user that is being created should have access to play sound and access video devices...
There is another existing script that does exactly this - auto-autofs.
CD Burning
Don't forget to let the users burn their CD's, DVD's, ...
It is possible to autodetect the type of device, and if it is a burner, then set the writable bits.
- Users should be in the floppy group, as it is normal that you have read and write access to a floppy, even to format it ! -- Michel Nolard