Re: Group `disk'

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Subject: Re: Group `disk'
From: Moritz Schulte <tux@gmx.li>
Date: 19 Nov 2000 13:23:36 +0100
Message-id: <[🔎] 871yw8kv5j.fsf@gryffindor.sc>
In-reply-to: Tom Huckstep's message of "Sun, 19 Nov 2000 11:49:08 +0000 (GMT)"
References: <[🔎] 14871.48692.251300.947921@gargle.gargle.HOWL>

Tom Huckstep <tomhuckstep@bigfoot.com> writes:

>  > Yup, you can write on /dev/hda, format it, whatever you like, if you're
>  > in "disk".
> 
> This seems a big security risk just so I can play audio CDs.  Is there
> a better way to give a user the ability to play CDs without giving
> them permissions to wipe my hard disk?

I moved my /dev/hdc (my cdrom) into the group 'cdrom' and added myself
to this group.

	moritz
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