Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 17:25:14 +0100 From: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> To: "Ryan Sommers" <ryans@gamersimpact.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3: how to make /dev/acd0 world readable? Message-ID: <200411021725.14895.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <51330.208.4.77.15.1099410024.squirrel@208.4.77.15> References: <41878CA3.8050207@yahoo.com> <200411021555.25094.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> <51330.208.4.77.15.1099410024.squirrel@208.4.77.15>
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Am Tuesday 02 November 2004 16:40 schrieb Ryan Sommers: > Michael Nottebrock said: > > Or you could add your user account to group operator. > > I think this is a very bad suggestion. He didn't say "my user" he said > "world readable." While we're in the Bad Suggestion Dept. why not just > tell him to set all his binaries that need acces to the device suid root? I believe that statement belongs into the nonsensical-remark dept., thank you very much. > The operator group isn't intended to be a group-that-can-read-CDs. The operator group is a very convenient solution for many permission-problems on a very common case of FreeBSD usage: A private desktop system with exactly one real user account + root. I don't believe it's too far-fetched a guess that such a system is what we're talking about when the OP talks about playing audio-cds. -- ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org
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