From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 20 14:31:54 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98C5116A4CE for ; Sun, 20 Feb 2005 14:31:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hosea.tallye.com (joel.tallye.com [216.99.199.78]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBC9C43D48 for ; Sun, 20 Feb 2005 14:31:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lorenl@alzatex.com) Received: from hosea.tallye.com (hosea.tallye.com [127.0.0.1]) by hosea.tallye.com (8.12.8/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j1KEVjXq028082 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 20 Feb 2005 06:31:45 -0800 Received: (from sttng359@localhost) by hosea.tallye.com (8.12.8/8.12.10/Submit) id j1KEVihx028080; Sun, 20 Feb 2005 06:31:44 -0800 X-Authentication-Warning: hosea.tallye.com: sttng359 set sender to lorenl@alzatex.com using -f Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 06:31:44 -0800 From: "Loren M. Lang" To: David Wassman Message-ID: <20050220143144.GE4471@alzatex.com> References: <42118065.1080303@cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42118065.1080303@cox.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-GPG-Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc X-GPG-Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: probably a simple problem with permissions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 14:31:54 -0000 On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 11:53:57PM -0500, David Wassman wrote: > I am probably understanding this problem incorrectly meaning there is a > simple explanation that is escaping me. My /dev/cd0 is owned by root so > I have tried to change both the owner and the group so I can use it as a > user. > > I have tried: > chmod 777 /dev/cd0 > chmod -R 777 /dev/cd0 > chgrp 777 /dev/cd0 It should at best be 666, and probably only 644 since cds are read-only. I don't know if a cd burner needs to be 666 for ordinary users to burn though. device files, AFAIK, have no use for execute permissions. And I don't think 777 is a valid group name unless you decided to add it for some reason. If your cdrom device is cd0 then add "perm cd0 0644" to /etc/devfs.conf > > The problem is that when I reboot the system the old permissions return > and I have to su and change the permissions back. How do I make these > changes permanent? There is probably a security reason for this but it > is very inconvenient on a desktop station. Any help would be > appreciated. I am running 5.3. > > David > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C