I'm not using RH 8.0 yet but in 6.X and 7.X you could set permissions and ownership on devices using the file /etc/security/console.perms
My 7.3 system is configured to change ownership of the sg device files to the user logged into the console. This is a much better solution than making the permissions 666 for all relevent files. Let me know if you need any help setting this up. It's not very difficult to do. For cd burning you need to be able to read and write to the generic scsi interfaces. The class I use is: <sg>=/dev/sg* When a user logs off from the console, they revert to: <console> 0600 <sg> 0660 root.disk This makes more sense if you read the man page. man 5 console.perms Juan On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Jonathan DeSena wrote: > Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 16:33:22 -0500 > From: Jonathan DeSena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: Redhat List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: CD burning as normal user > > In Redhat 8.0, is there a relatively simple way, short of giving out the > root password to all, of allowing regular users to use the CD burner (in > particular using one of the GUI apps)? > > Currently, selecting xcdroast or gtoaster from the menu goes through > consolehelper and pops up a dialog asking for the root password. This is > fine for a stand-alone desktop machine, but for a true multi-user setup, > this is a royal pain. I tried playing with the consolehelper pam files, > but this resulted in segfaults for some reason. > > This is something IMHO that needs to be addressed by Redhat at some > point if they are interested in the corporate desktop, since users who > are used to using Windows don't want to have to jump through hoops just > to do something they expect to be able to do easily, like burn CDs. > > Anyone have a good solution for the time being? > > Thanks, > Jon -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
