Re: probably a simple problem with permissions
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 11:53:57PM -0500, David Wassman wrote: I am probably understanding this problem incorrectly meaning there is a simple explanation that is escaping me. My /dev/cd0 is owned by root so I have tried to change both the owner and the group so I can use it as a user. I have tried: chmod 777 /dev/cd0 chmod -R 777 /dev/cd0 chgrp 777 /dev/cd0 It should at best be 666, and probably only 644 since cds are read-only. I don't know if a cd burner needs to be 666 for ordinary users to burn though. device files, AFAIK, have no use for execute permissions. And I don't think 777 is a valid group name unless you decided to add it for some reason. If your cdrom device is cd0 then add perm cd0 0644 to /etc/devfs.conf The problem is that when I reboot the system the old permissions return and I have to su and change the permissions back. How do I make these changes permanent? There is probably a security reason for this but it is very inconvenient on a desktop station. Any help would be appreciated. I am running 5.3. David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: probably a simple problem with permissions
On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 23:53 -0500, David Wassman wrote: I am probably understanding this problem incorrectly meaning there is a simple explanation that is escaping me. My /dev/cd0 is owned by root so I have tried to change both the owner and the group so I can use it as a user. I have tried: chmod 777 /dev/cd0 chmod -R 777 /dev/cd0 chgrp 777 /dev/cd0 The problem is that when I reboot the system the old permissions return and I have to su and change the permissions back. How do I make these changes permanent? There is probably a security reason for this but it is very inconvenient on a desktop station. Any help would be appreciated. I am running 5.3. You need to make appropriate entries in /etc/devfs.conf Read the file - it has some examples. Peter. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
probably a simple problem with permissions
I am probably understanding this problem incorrectly meaning there is a simple explanation that is escaping me. My /dev/cd0 is owned by root so I have tried to change both the owner and the group so I can use it as a user. I have tried: chmod 777 /dev/cd0 chmod -R 777 /dev/cd0 chgrp 777 /dev/cd0 The problem is that when I reboot the system the old permissions return and I have to su and change the permissions back. How do I make these changes permanent? There is probably a security reason for this but it is very inconvenient on a desktop station. Any help would be appreciated. I am running 5.3. David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
