but that's create a problem if I don't add disk group coz I can't access my cdrom under 2.4.1 with DevFs kernel. my cdrom is a ide atapi cdrom and in /dev/ it is /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/cd with root.disk group. I need it for listerning to audio cd
Edwin On Sun, 25 Feb 2001 23:27:01 Ethan Benson wrote: > On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 11:49:18AM -0500, Chun Kit Edwin Lau wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > A while ago, I saw a posting saying that if, say, I want to > access > > audio stuff, I should add group audio to my normal user account. By the > > same arguement, for cdrom, hd, floppy, etc, I should add them to my > normal > > user account. After a while, I find myself almost like the root who can > > access everything. so is that normal? or is there a better way to do > this? > > cdrom and audio are quite normal groups to be a member of, they let > you access sound hardware and read the raw cd (so you can play audio > cds) there isn't much threat here. only trusted users should be a > member of audio since they can activate the microphone and record > anything going on in the room the computer is located. > > group floppy is only needed if you need to format floppies or dd > images. it also gives you access to the tape devices. > > never ever ever add yourself to group `disk' this is intended for > backup daemons who need to read the raw disk devices. but having > group disk makes you root, you can totally destroy everything with > that group. (IMO disk devices should be mode 640 root.disk instead of > 660 root.disk, since backup programs need not write to the raw > partitions only read) > > -- > Ethan Benson > http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ > Edwin Lau ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
