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Apparently, though unproven, at 13:27 on Thursday 26 May 2011, Mick did opine |
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> > > I just had a look and noticed that haldaemon is added as a user to a |
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> > > load of groups. The group 'cdrw' only has haldaemon as a user. What |
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> > > shall I do with it? |
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> > > |
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> > > # less /etc/group | grep haldaemon |
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> > > disk:x:6:root,adm,haldaemon |
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> > > floppy:x:11:root,haldaemon |
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> > > cdrom:x:19:haldaemon,michael |
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> > > cdrw:x:80:haldaemon |
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> > > haldaemon:x:1004:haldaemon |
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> > > plugdev:x:1005:haldaemon,michael |
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> > You should still delete it. |
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> I assume you mean just the haldaemon, not the group cdrw, right? |
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> Then I leave the cdrw empty with no users, correct? |
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Yes, just delete the user. It was created for hal to use and hal needed |
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membership in various groups to work properly, noticeably for things like |
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devices in /dev. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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