hi!

i have some problems with the permissions of my user.
i heard using root is not a good idea so i created a user with the standart permissions using kuser. but this user isnt allowed to do a lot.. he cant mount cds or edit .ini files in usr/local/games and so on.. i tried to add him to the disk group but he also couldnt mount cds..
the user has the id 1001, shell /bin/bash, homedir /home/warhead, primary group: root and no other groups..

how can i allow him to acces the cddrives without editing fstab, and editing files which are not in his homedir?

thx
christian

man chmod
man chown
man chgrp

Some of the commands you will need to familarize yourself with in changing permissions.

Your normal user can run the command sudo which will allow temporary superuser (root) privileges. ie. sudo mount /mnt/cdrom. However, the user will be prompted each time for root's password.

You can also use the chown and chmod commands to set the ownerships and permissions for individual files and directories (use the -R flag to recursively change permissions on directories).

If you wanted to change the file ownership from root to "thisuser", then as root do chown thisuser:thisuser filename. To make a file read, writable and executable by everyone, do chmod +rwx filename or chmod 777 filename.

Look up the Linux Cookbook in my .sig below, and read the chapter on permissions for a better explanation. For more detail, read the RUTE Linux Textbook, also in my .sig.

thx, i will give it a try, but is there no function like in fedora or suse, that a little programm asks for the root pw and if successfully entered gives me acces to the file?

ps: dont flame at me because i tried to compare fedora/suse to slackware :P

bookmark this.......
http://www.ss64.com/bash/