Clarify access control rules in udisks(8) man page
authorDavid Zeuthen <davidz@redhat.com>
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:39:02 +0000 (12:39 -0500)
committerDavid Zeuthen <davidz@redhat.com>
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:39:02 +0000 (12:39 -0500)
Signed-off-by: David Zeuthen <davidz@redhat.com>
doc/man/udisks.xml

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     </para>
   </refsect1>
 
-  <refsect1><title>LOCKING DOWN</title>
+  <refsect1><title>ACCESS CONTROL</title>
     <para>
-      By default, authorized users in active log-in sessions are
-      permitted to mount and unlock devices attached to their local
-      console. To lock this down globally, configure the
+      By default, logged-in users in active log-in sessions are
+      permitted to mount and unlock devices attached to the local
+      console. To lock down globally, configure the
       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>polkit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
       authorizations for the actions
       <literal>filesystem-mount</literal>,
       <literal>org.freedesktop.udisks2</literal> namespace.
     </para>
     <para>
+      Note that the actions ending in <literal>-system</literal>
+      typically requires administrator authentication and are used for
+      devices not considered "removable" (this includes USB attached
+      storage, Flash media, optical discs and so on). The udev
+      property <literal>UDISKS_SYSTEM</literal> can be used to
+      override this on a per-device basis, see below.
+    </para>
+    <para>
       To lock down access on a per-device basis, use the option
       <literal>comment=udisks-auth</literal> in the
       <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> file and the option