Re: Window manager - implementation bug/feature ???

[cmw32 () CAM AC UK (Chris Wilson)]

On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Mithun Bhattacharya wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I noticed something interesting which I am not sure whether it is the way things should be.
>
> I have installed Redhat 6.0 for Intel with KDE (this works for Gnome too).
> --------------------------------
> [> [root@localhost mithun]# uname -a
> Linux localhost.localdomain 2.2.5-15 #1 Mon Apr 19 21:39:28 EDT 1999 i686 unknown
> [> [root@localhost mithun]# rpm -q kdebase
> kdebase-1.1.1pre2-2
> --------------------------------
> Next I created a non-priviledged user "mithun" using useradd and logged in using that userid.
>
> After this I do a su to change to root and fire up X-windows. Now I open a Kconsole and do
> ls -l /dev | grep mithun
> and this is what I get (I get somthing simillar in case of Gnome too - I haven't checked AnotherLevel for this)
> ----------------------------
> crw-------   1 mithun   sys       14,   4 Apr 18 01:23 audio
> crw-------   1 mithun   sys       14,  20 Apr 18 01:23 audio1
> crw-------   1 mithun   sys       14,   3 Apr 18 01:23 dsp
> crw-------   1 mithun   sys       14,  19 Apr 18 01:23 dsp1

<snip>

This is normal behaviour under Red Hat *ONLY* when you log in physically
to the machine (i.e. from the console). Red Hat assumes that normal users
who are sitting in front of the machine will want to play CDs, use audio,
etc. without having to become root. This increases security, because
people don't need the root password to play CDs anymore. It doesn't happen
if you log in remotely by telnet.

For more details, man console.perms and console.apps, and check the fiels
listed by rpm -ql pam.

Ciao, Chris.
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