Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 09:33:48 -0400 From: Martin Poulin <mpoulin@honk.org> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CDPlayer only runs as root? Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19980911093348.0090f490@honk.org> In-Reply-To: <19980908222103.3577.qmail@A470.demon.co.uk> References: <3.0.3.32.19980908084516.0090b470@honk.org>
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At 06:21 PM 9/8/98 -0400, you 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 > should help ye > > Actually, you can't mount audio CD's. (what filesystem would you use?). A search of the archives told me that before I posted the original problem. The problem isn't with the device not working (it works if I am root), it is with permissions. Editing /etc/group solved the problem. M. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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