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Re: [gpsd-users] gpsd/udev behavior
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Paul Fox |
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Re: [gpsd-users] gpsd/udev behavior |
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Tue, 29 May 2012 14:23:02 -0400 |
eric s. raymond wrote:
> Paul Fox <address@hidden>:
> > so perhaps debian and fedora should be encouranged to pick a value.
> > and since i bet that value would be "dialout" in both cases, i now
> > wonder whether gpsd should simply set that as the default gpsd_group
> > value. it would have solved my problem.
>
> Or you could have built with gpsd_group=dialout, which would set that
> as the privilege group.
>
> Whether gpsd_group=dialout should be the default or we should continue to
> look at the ownership of a prototype device comes down to a question of which
> handles the larger percentage of out-of-the-box configurations.
>
> I'm disinclined to change unless there's clear evidence that defaulting
> to 'dialout' would be better.
okay.
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paul fox, address@hidden (arlington, ma, where it's 65.7 degrees)
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- Re: [gpsd-users] gpsd/udev behavior, Eric S. Raymond, 2012/05/29
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- Re: [gpsd-users] gpsd/udev behavior, Eric S. Raymond, 2012/05/29
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