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From: Willie Wong <wwong@×××××××××.EDU>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/cdrom permissions and gxine
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 05:56:39
Message-Id: 20050913055240.GA24653@princeton.edu
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] /dev/cdrom permissions and gxine by Grant
1 On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 10:19:47PM -0700, Grant wrote:
2 > Here are my /dev/cdrom permissions:
3 >
4 > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 13 Sep 12 06:08 /dev/cdrom -> cdroms/cdrom0
5 >
6
7 that's a symlink... the permissions on it doesn't reflect that of the
8 actual device.
9
10 try ls -l /dev/cdroms/cdrom0
11
12 > gxine executes as root, but not as a normal user. Aren't those permissions OK
13
14 By execute, do you mean load and run the program, or play a movie from /dev/cdrom?
15
16 W
17 --
18 "`... then I decided that I was a lemon for a couple of
19 weeks. I kept myself amused all that time jumping in and
20 out of a gin and tonic.'
21 Arthur cleared his throat, and then did it again.
22 `Where,' he said, `did you...?'
23 `Find a gin and tonic?' said Ford brightly. `I found a
24 small lake that thought it was a gin and tonic, and jumped
25 in and out of that. At least, I think it thought it was a
26 gin and tonic.'
27 `I may,' he addded with a grin which would have sent sane
28 men scampering into the trees, `have been imagining it.'"
29
30 - Ford updating Arthur about what he's been doing for the
31 past four years.
32 Sortir en Pantoufles: up 32 days, 8:54
33 --
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