Re: Bug#62699: cdparanoia should check/create the /dev/sg* devices that it requires.
On Thu 20 Apr 2000, Dale E. Martin wrote:
> >
> > The cdparanoia install should check that the /dev/sg* devices that it
> > requires are available with proper ownership (root.cdrom) and
> > permissions.
> This is an interesting idea. I would like to point out, however, that
> the /dev/sg devices are only required if you're using a SCSI cdrom drive
> or SCSI emulation on an IDE drive. I used cdparanoia for several years
> with /dev/hd? devices and it worked OK. (Using SCSI emulation does work
> better though.) I don't see any harm in creating those devices,
> although changing the ownership if they exist might be a little shady.
> Also, there could be other SCSI devices the "cdrom" group shouldn't have
> access to.
This is a major concern I think, and best left to the local admin (i.e.
the person installing cdparanoia in the first place). If he want user
"joe" to be able to access /dev/sg2 for example, then he should chown
/dev/sg2 to joe. Perhaps add a note in the postinstall about this.
> Some other concerns:
> 1) I don't have any idea what infrastructure already exists for such a
> feature. Are there special Debian install tools dealing with the
> creation of devices?
You mean like /sbin/MAKEDEV ?
Paul Slootman
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