Re: [gentoo-hardened] xattr/acl/cap

[Anthony G. Basile]

On 05/20/2012 08:06 PM, Maxim Kammerer wrote:
> On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 1:46 AM, Anthony G. Basile
> <basile@××××××××××××××.edu>  wrote:
>> Okay this is where I have to redirect you because I'm not aware of this
>> particular issue, ie why consolekit needs tmpfs posix acls.
>
> If I am not mistaken, ConsoleKit uses ACLs to grant the currently
> active user access to various /dev nodes. E.g., with ConsoleKit you
> don't need to put users into "video", "audio" and "cdrom" groups
> anymore (corresponding to v4l, sound, and dvd/cdrom devices), so
> access permissions are more fine-grained and based on need.
>

oh and since /dev is tmpfs, hence the need.

@original poster.  turn this on, its a good thing :)

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