Ubuntu
gnome-bluetooth package

Relax permissions on /dev/rfkill?

Bug #430622 reported by Chris Jones
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Binary package hint: udev

With respect to upstreams making changes like: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2009-July/msg00212.html would it be useful for us to allow users to disable radio devices by relaxing permissions on /dev/rfkill? (root:root 644 on my karmic laptop)

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Scott James Remnant (Canonical) (canonical-scott) wrote :

Will need to discuss this upstream, will ask people next week.

Changed in udev (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Triaged
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Chris Jones (cmsj) wrote :

Was there any consensus on this at LPC? It's such a cute feature I'd love to have us be able to sneak it in!

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Scott James Remnant (Canonical) (canonical-scott) wrote : Re: [Bug 430622] Re: Relax permissions on /dev/rfkill?

On Thu, 2009-10-01 at 18:56 +0000, Chris Jones wrote:

> Was there any consensus on this at LPC? It's such a cute feature I'd
> love to have us be able to sneak it in!
>
Only that 666 is the wrong permission, I'm afraid.

It may be suitable for a console-user ACL through CK/PK

Scott
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Chris Jones (cmsj) wrote :

Oddly it seems like we are now doing something along those lines, via gnome-bluetooth 2.28.1-0ubuntu1:

  * ship 61-gnome-bluetooth-rfkill.rules, which enables access to
    /dev/rfkill for users (LP: #436694, #441800); also see rh:514798

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Scott James Remnant (Canonical) (canonical-scott) wrote :

That looks like it does it with an ACL which sounds like the right solution

affects: udev (Ubuntu) → gnome-bluetooth (Ubuntu)
Changed in gnome-bluetooth (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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