[Bug 39515] bad perms hardcoded for multi-users

[Nico]

Public bug reported:

Affects: gnome-volume-manager (upstream)
       Severity: Unknown
       Priority: Unknown
         Status: Unknown
Affects: gnome-volume-manager (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed


Description:
It looks like gnome-volume-manager uses pmount with hardcoded
permissions when a removable media is inserted.

This causes major issues when in a multi-user environment (different X
sessions on different ttys), as only the first logged-in user has access
to recordable CD/DVDs, USB or firewire storage.

GNOME is trying to push multi-users by incorporating "switch user" in
multiple places (screen saver, log-out, fusa), but basic desktop
functionnality is blocked by this hard coding.

Ubuntu is putting in great efforts in the user experience, this setup
dents it greatly, IMO.

A long-term fix would be to re-work the gnome-volume manager, with an
eventual interface alloring settings of permissions and/or users.

For now I'm fixing this by only placing one user in the plugdev group,
all other having no rights on removable devices.

I understand this is an upstream problem, and that upstream has been
aware of it for quite a few releases. Nevertheless it is still there.
Maybe a push from a popular distribution is all that is needed.

I'm dreaming of a fix in Dapper, but would understand a Dapper+1
effect...

Nico
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bad perms hardcoded for multi-users
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/39515