| 1 | README for hal 0.5.7.1 |
| 2 | |
| 3 | REQUIREMENTS |
| 4 | |
| 5 | PRE/POST-INSTALL |
| 6 | Create a user/group haldaemon with a unused id < 99: |
| 7 | |
| 8 | 'groupadd -g 82 haldaemon' |
| 9 | 'useradd -u 82 -g haldaemon -d /var/empty -s /bin/false haldaemon' |
| 10 | 'passwd -l haldaemon' |
| 11 | |
| 12 | If you wish to take advantage of the hotplug and automount-style features |
| 13 | that apps like gnome-mount, gnome-volume-manager, or the like offer, create |
| 14 | a 'plugdev' group and add your user to it, or change the 'plugdev' group in |
| 15 | /usr/etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf to something else and make sure your user |
| 16 | is a member of that group. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | PRECAUTION |