On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 11:08 PM, Laurence Rochfort <
laurence.rochf...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to configure my laptop so that a normal user may mount a
> CD/DVD or playback a DVD in Xine.
>
> So far I've just put an entry in /etc/fbtab. /cdrom permissions look
> OK, but the devices themselves less so.
>


Check sysctl kern.usermount option


>
> What are the consequences of putting myself in the operator group?
> Where can I find a description of those groups?
>
> Advice greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
> Laurence.
>
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel      512 Nov  8 14:29 cdrom
>
> brw-r-----  1 root  operator    6,   0 Nov  8 14:13 /dev/cd0a
> brw-r-----  1 root  operator    6,   2 Nov  8 14:13 /dev/cd0c
> brw-r-----  1 root  operator    6,  16 Nov  8 14:13 /dev/cd1a
> brw-r-----  1 root  operator    6,  18 Nov  8 14:13 /dev/cd1c
> crw-r-----  1 root  operator   15,   0 Nov  8 14:13 /dev/rcd0a
> crw-r-----  1 root  operator   15,   2 Nov  8 14:13 /dev/rcd0c
> crw-r-----  1 root  operator   15,  16 Nov  8 14:13 /dev/rcd1a
> crw-r-----  1 root  operator   15,  18 Nov  8 14:13 /dev/rcd1c
>
> #       $OpenBSD: fbtab.head,v 1.2 1999/05/05 06:56:34 deraadt Exp $
> # login(1) reads this file to determine which devices should be chown'd to
> # the new user. Format is:
> # login-tty     perm    device:[device]:...
> /dev/ttyC0      0600
> /dev/console:/dev/wskbd:/dev/wskbd0:/dev/wsmouse:/dev/wsmouse0:/dev/ttyCcfg
> /dev/X0         0600    /dev/wsmouse:/dev/wsmouse0
> # samples
> #/dev/ttyC0     0600    /dev/fd0
> /dev/ttyC4      0755    /dev/cd0a:/dev/rcd0c

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