>From: michael hast <evylrobot19@cox.net>
>Reply-To: slug@nks.net
>To: slug@nks.net
>Subject: Re: [SLUG] playing dvd's
>Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 23:18:47 -0600
>
>
>>
>>The root user and members of the "disk" group have rw access, everybody
>>else has bupkis. Four solutions:
>>
>>1. Add yourself to the "disk" group:
>>gpasswd -A you disk
>>Log out, log in for this to take effect.
>>
>>2. Change that file to a group you _are_ in:
>>"groups" to list them, then "chown root.chosen_group /dev/hda".
>>Probably will break some things.
>>
>>3. Make the device world-readable:
>>chmod o+r /dev/hda
>>
>>4. Make a duplicate device:
>>mknod b 3 0 ~/mh-dvd
>>
>>I'd choose option #1.
>>
>>
>>
>What about "chmod a=rwx /dev/hda"?
>
>Well, that didn't work either. It works on Knoppix under Xine. I wonder
>what the heck is wrong here. Is that chmod not a valid solution here? It
>shouldn't matter who can read, write, or excecute in my dvd rom, should it?
>
I would not modify the permissions on the device file directly. They might
not be retained after a reboot (it depends how your distribution manages the
device files). Just add yourself to the appropriate group--it is set up that
way for a reason.
-Jonathon
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