begin quote On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 15:14:34 +0100 David Obwaller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi, > > i don't think this is a gentoo only problem, but anyway. i recently > emerged nautilus-cd-burner. now i can make an iso file using nautilus, > but i can't write it to cd using nautilus-cd-burner. i think this has > to > do with the permissions i have on my cd-writer device. > now, is there any gentoo way of giving a user the permission to access > the cd writer or do i have to set this up manually. if i had to do it > manually i'd think of editing my /etc/devfsd.conf, but i'm not really > familiar with it. > > so, could anyone point out how to mod /etc/devfsd.conf or how to setup > permissions any other way?? > check "emerge cdrw-base" as it will install devfs.d/cdrw and modules.d/cdrw to get this correct. after that you need to be a member of the groupd "cdrw" to touch the burner, but that should be all. to test wether you have the right to access or not, simplest is to run "cdrecord --scanbus" .. if it works and lists your cdrw, all is green, if not you have to fall back to tweaking. //Spider -- begin .signature This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end
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