Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 14:06:34 +0000 From: carmoda <ffreebsd.org@carmoda.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with ordinary user permissions Message-ID: <3F93EBEA.9070900@carmoda.com> In-Reply-To: <20031019172258.57908.qmail@web14602.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20031019172258.57908.qmail@web14602.mail.yahoo.com>
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~sigh~ seems like an awful lot of stuffing around for something that a user/developer should be able to access by default *in my opinion*. so far i have about 30% of functionality of my previous W2K system after several times the time required for setup. [as a workstation] FreeBSD may be 'free' and more stable, but after i add my time to a setup it is over twice the price of XP Pro. Something HAS to be done on the install front. I did select 'developer + X-windows' in the sysinstall and i think it would make more sense if the account security was more 'open' for the average user given they would be 'developing' on the platform. i mean, half of my apps didnt work due to permissions being short. again, i did select that i wanted a 'developer - x-windows' install. peter lageotakes wrote: > Please check out the FreeBSD FAQ: > > 9.22. How do I let ordinary users mount floppies, > CDROMs and other removable media? > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#USER-FLOPPYMOUNT > > Pete > > >>Hi, >> >>I have been having a trouble getting various things >>to work on my new >>5.1 workstation with gnome 2.x. >> >>tonight i was attemtping to get 'gtoaster' [cd >>buring s/w] working as i >>couldnt see any drives, and when i tried adding them >>i encountered a few >>errors muttering about permissions. so i logged on a >>root and low and >>behold not only did i see all the CD drives, but i >>could also browse my >>Network, something i have not been able to do. >> >>what should do? >> >>migrate to using 'root' for my everyday login, or >>somehow 'up' my >>ordinary account..? >> >>anyone have any suggestions on either idea and >>perhaps if i should >>migrate how i could go about this...? >> >>please 'CC' me directly on replys...
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