Re: Incorrect group on /dev/fd0? "disk" vs "floppy"

From	Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Incorrect group on /dev/fd0? "disk" vs "floppy"
Date	2015-12-17 22:10 +0100
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On Thu, 2015-12-17 at 01:04 +0100, Anders Andersson wrote:
> Interesting! I had no idea such a simple case could be so problematic
> (or that the maintainers could be so rude). I think that bug report
> covers my case well enough. My immediate issue was that I could not
> write a disk image to /dev/fd0, and I'm not sure how the solutions
> could help me, but really, it's rare enough that I don't mind
> sudoing.
> I just thought it was an interesting regression.

If sudo becomes a chore you could write a simple udev rule that adds
back the floppy group, just to /dev/fd0, or relaxes the permissions.

The bug report mentioned that adding back the full rule was a bad idea,
but I think it would be safe for just the floppy 

(But don't hold me to it! :) )

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Sven Arvidsson
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Incorrect group on /dev/fd0? "disk" vs "floppy" Anders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com> - 2015-12-16 22:20 +0100
  Re: Incorrect group on /dev/fd0? "disk" vs "floppy" Ulf Volmer <u.volmer@u-v.de> - 2015-12-16 23:10 +0100
  Re: Incorrect group on /dev/fd0? "disk" vs "floppy" Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2015-12-16 23:20 +0100
    Re: Incorrect group on /dev/fd0? "disk" vs "floppy" Anders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com> - 2015-12-17 01:10 +0100
      Re: Incorrect group on /dev/fd0? "disk" vs "floppy" Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-12-17 20:00 +0100
        Re: Incorrect group on /dev/fd0? "disk" vs "floppy" Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2015-12-17 22:00 +0100
          Re: Incorrect group on /dev/fd0? "disk" vs "floppy" "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2015-12-17 22:40 +0100
          Re: Incorrect group on /dev/fd0? "disk" vs "floppy" Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2015-12-17 23:00 +0100
          Re: Incorrect group on /dev/fd0? "disk" vs "floppy" Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-12-18 11:30 +0100
      Re: Incorrect group on /dev/fd0? "disk" vs "floppy" Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2015-12-17 22:10 +0100

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