Chris Martin wrote:
>
> Does anyone know why I have this? (likely a silly question):
>
> RomperRoom:/dev # ls -l cdrom
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Dec 5 11:03 cdrom -> hdc
>
> I was having trouble accessing my CDRom as non-root, and it turns out that
> it was because the permissions on /dev/hdc weren't set correctly even
> though those for /dev/cdrom were.
>
Basically, cdrom is a symlink, a shortcut if your familar to Windows,
or an alias if your familar to Macintosh. The privleges of the symlink
don't always reflect the privleges of the file they link to, in your
case the drive.
As a standard, when a symlink is created, it gives all users/groups
access to the symlink, but the actual permissions still reside on the
file/drive it links to. The purpose of a symlink is give the user
something easier to type without knowing the exact path to the
file/drive in question.
ie: /cdrom instead of /dev/hdc
sometime after you configure your system, will you remember that
/dev/hdc is your cdrom as readily as you can remember /cdrom is?
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