World writable speakup files in Linux next

[Samuel Thibault]

acollins at icsmail.net, le Mon 13 Dec 2010 08:15:05 -0600, a écrit :
> Hi all.  It seems to me that what we are discussing is a bit like
> telling a normal user that he has to be root in order to view the
> screen.  Not quite the same thing, but you get the idea.  Most folks
> these days a re using a software synth, which relies on the sound card
> in the system.  Most distros put access to the sound card in a special
> audio or sound group.  If somebody tweaks the sound card, the softsynth
> goes away too.

Not really.  That's the kind of things that consolekit permits to properly
handle.

> So I can't see why world rightable files for speakup is
> such a big deal.

It's not a big deal, but it's supposed to be handled like it has been
for sound cards.

Samuel