On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 08:44:29AM -0500, Mitchell Laks wrote: > Hi, > > I have noticed that a number of the video programs xine ogle etc > like to use > /dev/dvd as a default > > However they seem to also want the group permission to be > cdrom... > > > Note when i do > ls -l /dev/hdc > brwsrwxrwx 1 root cdrom 22, 0 2007-01-09 10:08 /dev/hdc > > however when I do as root > ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/dvd > > then i get > ls -l /dev/dvd > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2007-01-09 10:08 /dev/dvd -> hdc > > when i do > chmod root:cdrom /dev/dvd
Did you mean "chown"? > > i still get > > ls -l /dev/dvd > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2007-01-09 10:08 /dev/dvd -> hdc Since the permissions are completely unrestrictive, there should be no problem. The group ownership of /dev/hdc is cdrom, so that looks all right too. Are you having problems? David -- David Jardine "Running Debian GNU/Linux and loving every minute of it." -L. von Sacher-M.(1835-1895) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
