Re: CD-RW as user; newbie question.
On Sat, 23 Feb 2002 14:44:41 -0500 (EST)
Faheem Mitha <faheem@email.unc.edu> wrote:
> Maybe I'm missing something, but there is already a group called cdrom,
> and my impression is that is group is intended for writing operations to
> cds.
>
> faheem ~>ls -la /dev/scd0
> brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Apr 14 2001 /dev/scd0
My impression is that the cdrom group is used just to allow the user to
read the device. Otherwise you'd be a member of the disk group, which is
a BAAD idea. CD writing is a special operation that isn't a part of
any mainstream kernel (though I remember reading about some exotic
packet writing project that would allow you to turn your CDRW into a
better and bigger floppy).
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