modifying permissions in slackware
 

Got my dvd's to play in Slackware 10.0 now with Totem... the only remaining problem is that I must log in as root to do it. Otherwise, Totem tells me that it's unable to open the media. Root works fine.

How do I add my username to have the same cajones as root (for playing dvd's, at least)... ?

who is the owner of /dev/dvd ? ls -l /dev/dvd
you might have to chown <username> /dev/dvd or chgrp users /dev/dvd

I found the problem... not only did I have to chown for /dev/dvd to my username, but I had to chown for hdb also (they are one and the same, for some reason).

If you are using udev, that solution is only gonna work until you reboot. Instead, add the users that you want to be able to use the optical devices to the group cdrom.

Just open up /etc/group and look for the line that says cdrom. Addthe names of all the users that you want to be able to use the dvd player to that line. There should be no spaces., and all the names are separated with a comma. reboot and be amazed.