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Old 01-17-2005, 10:55 PM   #1
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share read and write permission to users


i am using mandrake distro.i am root user. i have to give read and write permissions of floppy
and cdrom devices to users in GUI mode.where i have to change the permissions.
thanks for help..

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Old 01-17-2005, 11:11 PM   #2
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usermod -G cdrom,floppy username
 
Old 01-18-2005, 12:49 AM   #3
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sir it is not giving the permission to user i specified.
should i restart the computer?
 
Old 01-18-2005, 12:53 AM   #4
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user has to relogin -- read the man pages - they go into more detail and question would have been answered
 
  


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