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Re: eject command for normal users and some other stuff



On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 07:34:24PM -0500, H S wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> First of all a little background:
<snip>

> To start with, I had installed Woody from the 6 (or 7?) CDs. Then
I did a dist-upgrade. And lost KDE. It was asking for some ]
nonexistant package (something to do with libsensors). 

This is a know bug, the mailing list has fix.

<snip> 
> Okay, I am going to take this step by step because I have many 
issues unresolved. I am connected to the internet through an ADSL 
modem (use "pon dsl-provider" to get online). But how do I make 
a normal user able to connect using dsl-provide? At present, 
only root can do that.
> 

I believe this a permission issue. you have to be part of the dialout
group. So, as root, 'addgroup kevin dialout' where kevin is the new
user.

> Next, for some reason, "eject" command is also root only? How do
I make normal user also be able to use that as well?
> 

another permission issue, not sure if its 'adduser kevin cdrom'???

> That is all for now. I have some queries about sharing partition 
between Debian and Fedora (currently, I am sharing /boot and /swap), 
mainly to do with sharing the same /home. But that I will leave for 
another post.
> 
> thanks,
> ->HS
> 
> 
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