why are cd's so permission paranoid?

foodhater · 04-30-2006, 09:08 PM

Unless I'm root the default is to have every file I drag off a cd not
with write permissions and so I can't even delete it.. And in Mandriva I can't even burn a mf'n cd unless I'm running dangerous root. wtf? I'd love to go to MIT and learn how to set users up and all that but...my grades are too low?

rkelsen · 04-30-2006, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by foodhater

Unless I'm root the default is to have every file I drag off a cd not with write permissions and so I can't even delete it..

$ chmod +w somefilefromacd

Quote:

Originally Posted by foodhater

And in Mandriva I can't even burn a mf'n cd unless I'm running dangerous root.

# chmod 4111 /usr/bin/cdrecord

foodhater · 04-30-2006, 10:15 PM

thanks

GlennsPref · 05-02-2006, 03:41 AM

Read the fstab man page. you should be able to set the permissions

"man fstab" from a konsole

so the users can access the cdroms/dvd's