eject and pam support in Fedora

Miloslav Trmac mitr at volny.cz
Tue Mar 4 12:57:02 UTC 2008


Hello,
Zdenek Prikryl napsal(a):
> I don't know, why eject has to use pam in Fedora. So, could anyone explain why?
The goal was probably to allow console users (=> pam_console.so) eject 
the CD/DVD medium without knowing the root password.  Some platforms 
have drives without a hardware eject button, so eject needs to be usable 
by all users that can insert a medium.
	Mirek




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