On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 09:22:24AM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2014-07-21, Tuyosi Takesima <nakajin.fu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > ... > > > > sudo mplayer dvd://1 -dvd-device /dev/rcd0c -aid 129 > > > > ... > I think it would be better to change permissions on the device - > mplayer code should not be run as root. $ ls -l /dev/cd0c brw-r----- 1 root operator 6, 2 Jul 19 17:36 /dev/cd0c $
Perhaps tuyosi-san's user should be added to the operator group. This will give the user read access to devices. It may not be appropriate for all users, but certainly would be OK for one with wheel group or broad sudo authority.