Hi Kay! Kay Sievers [2006-01-12 14:31 +0100]: > > This might change sooner that later. I was talking to Matthew Garrett > > on IRC some days ago about him finishing the patch that makes > > hald run unprivileged but still exec helpers (addons, callouts, method > > invocations) from a helper process still running as root (using D-BUS > > in point to point mode between the two). The reason, IIRC, was the > > desire to use the power management methods that HAL now offers. > > What do you think will read volume labels an similar stuff from new > devices then? Right now, hald does it reasonably well, provided it is in the right groups (cdrom, floppy, etc.). Of course that does not cover hard disk partition labels; if you want this, you need a separate root helper who does this as well. Martin -- Martin Pitt http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntu.com Debian Developer http://www.debian.org In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates?
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