From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 28 12:14:35 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA25638 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 28 Jul 1997 12:14:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from florence.pavilion.net (florence.pavilion.net [194.242.128.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA25628 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 1997 12:14:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from joe@localhost) by florence.pavilion.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA28784; Mon, 28 Jul 1997 20:13:49 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <19970728201348.16141@pavilion.net> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 20:13:48 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser To: "Daniel \"the Bruce\" Keller" Cc: FreeBSD Questions List Subject: Re: audio cd playing, cdcontrol requires root. References: <199707281623.JAA17052@psln1.psln.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.79 In-Reply-To: <199707281623.JAA17052@psln1.psln.com>; from Daniel "the Bruce" Keller on Mon, Jul 28, 1997 at 09:55:41AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, Jul 28, 1997 at 09:55:41AM -0700, Daniel "the Bruce" Keller wrote: > Hi, > Is there any way I can make cdcontrol not need to be run as root? I can > start it up with "cdcontrol -f /dev/wcd0c" but unless I am root I get > permission denied errors. Is there some other program I should use instead > on cdcontrol? If you look at /dev/wcd0c with 'ls -l' you can see why it is that you haven't got permission to write to it. The quick and easy fix is to: chmod 666 /dev/wcd0c Of course your security policy might require a bit more rigour than that! ;) Joe -- Josef Karthauser Technical Manager Email: joe@pavilion.net Pavilion Internet plc. [Tel: +44 1273 607072 Fax: +44 1273 607073]