Ian-

By default, the local console user is granted ownership of various 
devices to allow an easier desktop experience.  At least on Red Hat, 
which devices to grant is defined in /etc/security/console.conf .  It's 
been ages since I looked at this file, because now I no longer have a 
dual terminal server/desktop configuration, but I imagine if you look 
there will be some comments that will help you out. 

-Todd

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> Thx to Todd and Petre for the responses.
>
> Todd, I checked the /dev. The device is owned by root.disk with 660 
> permission. I added the user to the "disk" group and it worked. 
> However, I noticed that if someone was using the server directly, the 
> device ownership changed to the login user (with the same "disk" 
> group) and the permission changed to 600, therefore defeating the 
> group-based permission. Is there a way to keep the group permission 
> even though someone is using the server directly? I guess I need your 
> help in setting up the udev rules.
>
> Petre, yes sudo worked too, but I'd rather avoid giving sudo to k3b 
> since it will allow the user to peek into other user's files. Thx for 
> the info about the webCDwriter. It could provide an alternative solution.
>
> -ian
>
>
> Todd Shoemaker wrote:
>> Ian-
>>
>> In general the cdrom device (usually /dev/cdroms/cdrom0, which is 
>> usually a symlink to /dev/ide/... ) will be assigned an owner of 
>> root, but most distros assign these device to relevant groups, such 
>> as "cdrom".  Take a look at which group FC5 assigns to your cdrom 
>> device (use 'ls -l /dev/cdroms/', and then use ls -l on the file that 
>> cdrom0 points to).  If it is a group like "cdrom" or "users", and the 
>> group has read/write permissions on the device, then you can add that 
>> user to the group and K3B should work.  Let me know if you need help 
>> with any of the commands I mentioned.  If FC5 didn't assign the 
>> device to a group, then we can help you add a rule to the udev rules 
>> to grant permissions to a group.
>>
>> -Todd
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> I need help in configuring my Fedora Core 5 LTSP server to allow a 
>>> regular user to burn a CD from his/her LTSP client.
>>> The drive is installed in the server. However, a regular user from a 
>>> remote client cannot see this drive when he/she tries to burn a CD 
>>> using K3B.
>>> If the user login to the server directly, then the user can access 
>>> the drive.
>>> Right now, the only way to do it from a remote client is to run K3B 
>>> as a superuser.
>>>
>>> Has anybody experience this?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> -ian
>>>
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