Surely you should let ever user have access to thnis stuff. Log on as root
and enter chmod -a+x /mnt/cdrom or whatever the device is. Hey presto,
everyone can have a go.
On Sun, 03 Dec 2000, you wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, R. Edward McCain wrote:
>
> Create a group "cdwriter" in linuxconf, add yourself to that group, and
> then change the group permission on /dev/scd0 (or scd1, whatever the
> writer really is) to the group 'cdwriter' (chgrp cdwriter /dev/scd?)
>
> As my machine now shows:
>
> [paul@internet paul]$ ls -l /dev/scd0
> brw-rw---- 1 root cdwriter 11, 0 Sep 27 12:31 /dev/scd0
>
> Paul
>
> >I have the same problem - and no sound :-(
> > -- I've just started tho. I need to hit the man's and rfc's and see why
> > I got no cd's or sound.
> >
> >Machine Specs attached.
> >
> >> On Sat, 02 Dec 2000, you wrote:
> >> I tried to get my cd-r working in 7.2 and now when I access both
> >> my reader and writer I get the I don't have permission to access it.
> >> I've tried creating new icons and everything please help me.
> >>
> >> mike
