Subject: Re: Unprivileged access to devices
To: Louis Guillaume <lguillaume@berklee.edu>
From: David S. <davids@idiom.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 01/02/2004 01:36:43
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> How is access granted to unprivileged users (i.e. not root) for the use 
> of devices such as the cd-rom or dvd drive?
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> Having to change the permissions may be no problem for me but for some 
> this leaves the impression that things are "broken", so I don't think 
> this is the answer either. Perhaps the install scripts could be modified 
> to default to being more liberal with the devices.
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> Should there not be an out-of-box functionality for this stuff?

	man ttyaction(5)

David S.

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