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]"
