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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