On Feb 25, 2007, at 9:09 PM, Billie Erin Walsh wrote:
Hogwash!
If I need access to something on a floppy drive why should I need
to be
"root" to get access?
If I need to shut down MY computer for some reason why do I need root
access?
If I had a company and one of my employees needed something off a
floppy
I would hate to think they would have to wait hours for IT to get
around
to getting them access. It might just mean the difference in a sale
or not.
I can appreciate the need for "some" of the access restrictions in
unix
like systems. Mostly they are used in a business situation. You don't
want every jack leg in the place screwing with the company system.
I am
not in an office/company situation. I'm in a home computer situation.
I'm the only person that ever touches this computer. There should be
some "switch" somewhere that will allow for home use.
Some things do need root access. Most everyday things should not.
Access
to information on other drives is not one that should be hindered.
I see it sort of like the government interference in our everyday
lives.
If I'm driving in a reckless manner, that's their business, I'm
endangering others. If I want to hit myself in the head repeatedly
with
a ball bat, that's my business. I'm not hurting anyone but myself. [ I
know bad analogy - it's late for me and I have to get up EARLY so
I'm in
a hurry.
sudo mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
Just put this in your /etc/sudoers file ..
username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
Note: replace username with your username
This way you can keep the security of not letting anyone else do
things they shouldn't. You do have to be root to edit the /etc/
sudoers file, so it's not like just anyone can add things to it. So
this should work for your purposes.
- Ben
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Heinrich Heine
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