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On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 1:50 AM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 09:03:50AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote |
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>> I don't understand, why are you using sudo to run pmount when its core |
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>> purpose is to be run by normal users? |
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>> % whatis pmount |
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>> pmount (1) - mount arbitrary hotpluggable devices as normal user |
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> A normal user can pumount *WHAT THAT SAME USER* has pmounted. Now try |
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> for a general solution. |
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The general solution is using something like udisks+polkit. That is a |
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true general solution; otherwise you end up like the author of |
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calibre, with a security mess on his hands: |
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/885027 |
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If you dismiss the security implications of sudoing pmount, because |
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you care only about *your* use cases, on *your* machine, by definition |
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that is not a "general solution". |
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Of course, udisks/polkit/etc. goes hand in hand with udev, so you are |
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probably not interested in using them. That is completely fine. |
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Just don't call it a "general solution". |
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Regards. |
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Canek Peláez Valdés |
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Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación |
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
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