Re: Group `disk'

2000-11-20 Thread Moritz Schulte
Tom Huckstep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Yup, you can write on /dev/hda, format it, whatever you like, if you're > > in "disk". > > This seems a big security risk just so I can play audio CDs. Is there > a better way to give a user the ability to play CDs without giving > them permissions

Re: Group `disk'

2000-11-19 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 11:49:08AM +, Tom Huckstep wrote: > Ekkehard Kraemer writes: > > Yup, you can write on /dev/hda, format it, whatever you like, if you're > > in "disk". > > This seems a big security risk just so I can play audio CDs. Is there > a better way to give a user the ability

Re: Group `disk'

2000-11-19 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 11:35:03AM +, Tom Huckstep wrote: > I added myself to the `disk' group because I wanted to be able to play don't do that. > audio CDs. However, I noticed that this gives me write access to all > my hard disk device files. Does this mean I will be able to format > the