Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 14:08:55 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: merlin@A470.demon.co.uk Cc: Martin Poulin <mpoulin@honk.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CDPlayer only runs as root? Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.4.02.9809111405130.7627-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <19980908222103.3577.qmail@A470.demon.co.uk>
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On Tue, 8 Sep 1998 merlin@A470.demon.co.uk wrote:
> > I recently installed XCD and CDPlayer on my system. I managed to
> > get them working after a few tries (setenv CDPLAYER /dev/wcd0a)
> > but neither one of them will function unless I execute them as root.
> >
> > CDPlayer gives me an error like "/dev/wcd0a: permission denied". (sorry
> > I don't know the exact wording - I'm at work now and my system is at home.)
>
> man mount
> man fstab
Not quite. `mount' and `fstab' refer to the filesystem, whereas what
xcd and cdplayer requires is direct access to the device.
Check the permissions on /dev/wcd0a and make sure it's readable to
the users in question.
--
Jonathan Chen Once is dumb luck.
Twice is coincidence.
Three times and Somebody Is Trying To Tell You Something.
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