Re: CD Burner Permissions
On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 09:28:57AM -0400, Stephen Gran wrote:
> From /etc/fstab:
> /dev/scd0 /cdr iso9660 ro,defaults,users,noauto 0 0
>
> ls -l /dev/scd0
> brwxrwxrwx 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Feb 11 2001 /dev/scd0
>
> So - adduser jane cdrom
>
> Completes normally, but still no permission to write to drive. I seem
> to remember that there are different /dev/ entries, one for reading and
for arguments sake, thats more or less the same type of setup i have at
home except with sdc0 as 660... i'm not 100% sure if there is a secondary
dev device which is used.. but one thing which might help in debugging the
problem is to set your cd writing program suid root. I wouldn't recommend
leaving it there permanently, but atleast then you can see if the issue
is deeper down in the system.
im no security expert, but i do know that 99.9% of the time, dont be
tempted by suid root :)
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Adam McDaniel
Infrastructure Technology Consultant
M-Tech Mercury Information Technology, Inc.
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