Thus spake James Hosken: # lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Nov 26 2003 cdrom1 -> hdc # lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Feb 12 21:34 cdrom2 -> scd0 # # I'm a member of the following grups # james cdrom audio www-data src # # # In the Xmms Preferances, I've gone to CD Player Audio Config and set the # first device as /dev/cdrom1 # and the directory as /mnt/dvd # # On checking the drive I get the error # # "Failed to open device /dev/cdrom1 # Error: Permission denied # Directory /mnt/dvd OK."
What are the permissions of /dev/hdc? The links are rwxrwxrwx, but the devices themselves may not be. /dev/hdc should be rw-rw---- root cdrom, and in fact should be, but anything could happen. PRINCE -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]