| 1 |
On Friday, 29 January 2021 16:47:51 GMT Matt Connell (Gmail) wrote: |
| 2 |
> On Fri, 2021-01-29 at 09:34 -0700, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
| 3 |
> > I uncommented in: sudoers (it works) |
| 4 |
> > %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL |
| 5 |
> > |
| 6 |
> > %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL |
| 7 |
> |
| 8 |
> This feels like fixing a loose screw with a sledgehammer. |
| 9 |
> |
| 10 |
> This change allows any wheel group users to execute any command (via |
| 11 |
> sudo) without authenticating. That is to say, the change is far more |
| 12 |
> broad than the originally stated issue you're trying to fix. Do you |
| 13 |
> implicitly trust all wheel group users that much? |
| 14 |
> |
| 15 |
> sysfs/udisks, as stated previously, is probably the correct tool for |
| 16 |
> the job. |
| 17 |
|
| 18 |
What Matt said. |
| 19 |
|
| 20 |
You have effectively elevated to root level all of your wheel users, without |
| 21 |
the need to use a root passwd. There is a reason group wheel exists and this |
| 22 |
is not to duplicate root in terms of privileges. |
| 23 |
|
| 24 |
Your issue/question is why does your DE, in this case XFCE, stopped mounting |
| 25 |
removable block devices. |
| 26 |
|
| 27 |
The userspace application used by DEs is sys-fs/udisks. You can use this on a |
| 28 |
terminal yourself: |
| 29 |
|
| 30 |
udisksctl mount --block-device /dev/sdbX |
| 31 |
|
| 32 |
There is also the sys-apps/pmount command. However, in the first instance you |
| 33 |
should look into what XFCE offers for mounting removable block devices and if |
| 34 |
something is amiss with that. |
Archives