Karmic PolicyKit-1, grant access to user [solved]

[Rashkae]

Rashkae wrote:

> 
> However, I can not find how Ubuntu now configures device access.   This
> used to be done by the old policykit, but can not find any polikit-1
> "action" that would give me direct access to devices.  However, if I
> getfacl devices like sr0 and audio, something is granting rw to the user
> of the active console.  Any suggestions as to where to look for this
> configuration would be welcome.
> 
> 
> 
> 

Device access permissions have been removed from policykit altogether,
and are now managed directed from udev.  Devices for which console users
are given rw are defined in /lib/udev/rules.d/70-acl.rules

It's easy enough to comment out a device class, and your back to the old
fashioned group based permissions.

Unfortunately, editing this file directly is 'bad' because your edits
won't persist updates, and I couldn't figure out how to interject a user
defined file that would have the same effect.

Regardless, I've figured out how to work around most of the missing
configuration utilities that were destroyed in the move to Karmic, and
it only took 1 bottle of scotch.