Thx to Todd and Petre for the responses. Todd, I checked the /dev. The device is owned by root.disk with 660 permission. I added the user to the "disk" group and it worked. However, I noticed that if someone was using the server directly, the device ownership changed to the login user (with the same "disk" group) and the permission changed to 600, therefore defeating the group-based permission. Is there a way to keep the group permission even though someone is using the server directly? I guess I need your help in setting up the udev rules.
Petre, yes sudo worked too, but I'd rather avoid giving sudo to k3b since it will allow the user to peek into other user's files. Thx for the info about the webCDwriter. It could provide an alternative solution. -ian Todd Shoemaker wrote: > Ian- > > In general the cdrom device (usually /dev/cdroms/cdrom0, which is > usually a symlink to /dev/ide/... ) will be assigned an owner of root, > but most distros assign these device to relevant groups, such as > "cdrom". Take a look at which group FC5 assigns to your cdrom device > (use 'ls -l /dev/cdroms/', and then use ls -l on the file that cdrom0 > points to). If it is a group like "cdrom" or "users", and the group > has read/write permissions on the device, then you can add that user > to the group and K3B should work. Let me know if you need help with > any of the commands I mentioned. If FC5 didn't assign the device to a > group, then we can help you add a rule to the udev rules to grant > permissions to a group. > > -Todd > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I need help in configuring my Fedora Core 5 LTSP server to allow a >> regular user to burn a CD from his/her LTSP client. >> The drive is installed in the server. However, a regular user from a >> remote client cannot see this drive when he/she tries to burn a CD >> using K3B. >> If the user login to the server directly, then the user can access >> the drive. >> Right now, the only way to do it from a remote client is to run K3B >> as a superuser. >> >> Has anybody experience this? >> >> Regards, >> -ian >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >> Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to >> share your >> opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash >> http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV >> >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss >> For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
