On Sat, 23 Feb 2002 14:44:41 -0500 (EST) Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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).
