On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 06:36:19AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 04:06:11AM -0500, H. S. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Then, (thanks to: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2000/debian-user-200012/msg04202.html > > where it is suggested *NEVER* to make a normal user a member of the > > 'disk' group), I changed it to: > > /usr/src# chown root:cdrom /dev/hdc > > /usr/src# ls -l /dev/hdc > > brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 22, 0 Mar 14 2002 /dev/hdc > > > > And I am already a member of 'cdrom' group. Now I can use the eject the > > command as a normal user to open/close the CD tray. > > > > HTH somebody, since I don't recall getting a satisfactory answer when I > > asked this earlier a few weeks ago. > > Yes, this is the correct fix. > > The reason not to make a normal user a member of the disk group is that > this generally gives read *and* write access to the raw disk device > itself. This is a really good way to utterly destroy your data. > > 'cdrom' by contrast is generally read-only. Far less harm possible.
FWIW, /usr/share/doc/base-passwd/users-and-groups.html details what the various standard groups are for, among other things. (Improvements always welcome.) -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
