Re: can't play music cd

[Matthew Sackman <matthew@sackman.co.uk>]

On Tue, 26 Dec 2000 00:03:15 -0900, Ethan Benson said:

> On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 12:19:00AM -0800, Nate Amsden wrote:
>  > Ethan Benson wrote:
>  > 
>  > > NEVER *EVER* add yourself to group disk.  *NEVER*
>  > 
>  > aphro@aphro:~$ id
>  > uid=1000(aphro) gid=1000(aphro) groups=1000(aphro),
>  > 0(root),4(adm),5(tty),6(disk), 20(dialout),24(cdrom),
>  > 25(floppy),29(audio),50(staff),60(games),45(usb)
>  > 
>  > 
>  > *cough*
>  > 
>  > shoot me :P 
>  
>  run cat /dev/urandom > /dev/hda
>  mke2fs /dev/hda
>  cat /dev/zero > /dev/hda
>  etc etc
>  
>  you might as well just login as root and not bother with a normal
>  account as your normal account is just as powerful as root is.  

Thanks for pointing out how dumb it is being a member of disk group. I was just
removing myself ( ;-) ) and noticed that in addition to the group dip (needed
to be able to use pon), there was a group dialout. What is this group doing
there? and under which circumstances would one ever need to be a member of it?

Matthew

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