I have the cdwriter set up on the desktop and it lists ok as linked to the scd0 but if I click on the desktop icon the Konqueror box comes up and a message that says I don't have permission to access that device. If I do " ls -l /dev/cdrom1" I get the following: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4Dec 13 20:26 /dev/cdrom1 -> scd0 does the 1 root root indicate why as user I can't access the writer even tho the rwx s show everyone has permission and if so how do I change it to give myself user permission? The properties box shows me as user and group with permission, but it's lying. Help! TIA -- Dennis Myers registered Linux User #180842