From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 18 14:03:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA13412 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 14:03:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from soleil.uvsq.fr (soleil.uvsq.fr [193.51.24.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA13340 for ; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 14:03:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Dang-Ngoc.Tuyet-Tram@prism.uvsq.fr) Received: from guillotin.prism.uvsq.fr (guillotin.prism.uvsq.fr [193.51.25.1]) by soleil.uvsq.fr (8.8.8/jtpda-5.3) with ESMTP id XAA20103 for ; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 23:03:34 +0200 (METDST) Received: from gibet.prism.uvsq.fr (gibet.prism.uvsq.fr [193.51.25.3]) by guillotin.prism.uvsq.fr (8.8.4/jtpda-5.2) with ESMTP id XAA29208 for ; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 23:03:33 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from (dntt@localhost) by gibet.prism.uvsq.fr (8.8.8/jtpda-5.2) id XAA14019 ; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 23:03:33 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19980618230333.B8214@gibet.prism.uvsq.fr> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 23:03:33 +0200 From: Dang-Ngoc TUYET-TRAM To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Accessing devices for normal user Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi everyone, If I want to make a device (for example the floppy disk drive) accessible for a normal user, what must I do : 1- chmod 666 /dev/rfd0 under login root ? 2- chmod 4755 /usr/local/bin/mdir (mdel...) ? 3- I think I 've heard somewhere there was a configuration files where the admin could set up what device could be accessed in read/write mode.. Is that the right solution ? And if so, what is the file ? Thanks, Tuyet Tram DANG NGOC -- Universite de Versailles dntt@prism.uvsq.fr http://www.ens-info.uvsq.fr:8000/~dntt/index.html Du calme, ce ne sont que des zéros et des uns. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message