On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 11:52, John Rigby wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 00:41, you manipulated electrons to produce:
> > > > The best and easiest (it's entirely graphical!) way to give
> > > > user access to a burner, IMHO, is to use userdrake to add your
> > > > user to the "cdwriter" group.
> > >
> > > ************ I got in couldn't see how to add a user/group gave
> > > up and went out and went back and now I can't access it at all.
> > > ERROR: "cannot lock user lib
> > > file/etc/ptmp or etc/gtmp exist"
> >
> > If you can't access UserDrake for some reason or other, you can use
> > LinuxConf (run "linuxconf" as root).
>
> *********** Still have the error showing and won't open userdrake.
> linuxconf - I can't see how to do it there.
Okay, here's the method a sysadmin would use (i.e. it's quick, but not as
user-friendly). As root, open up the /etc/group file in a text editor. Look
for the line that begins with "cdwriter". You will notice that each line is
of the format "groupname:member1:member2:etc.". Without alterations, your
"cdwriter" line should look like "cdwriter:x:80:". To the end of this, add
your username so that it looks something like "cdwriter:x:80:jrigby". Save
the file and exit. You may wish to reboot to ensure that the new settings are
properly in place (This shouldn't be necessary, but worth doing just in case).
--
Sridhar Dhanapalan.
"There are two major products that come from Berkeley:
LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
-- Jeremy S. Anderson
