> Can we set something in HAL to make sure the device entry always allows > access to others? > >From: Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive and device permission >To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >The device should come up with permissions 0600 *but* owned by the user >logged in at the console, so that user can access the device but nobody >else can. > >Do you want multiple users to be able to access the drive, or just the >console user, who is likely to be the only one that has physical access >to the drive? > >Paul. The device always turns out to be owned by root... I use 2 user names this machine apart from root. Thanks, François Ouellette
