Subject: Re: file permission while ripping CD's
To: Jeff Flowers <jeffrey@jeffreyf.net>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fredb@immanent.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 12/27/2002 09:47:41
On Fri, 27 Dec 2002, Jeff Flowers wrote:

> > > Why not just "chmod 666 /dev/cd0d"?
> >
> > Or use /etc/ttyaction (see ttyaction(5)) to chown the CDROM device to
> > whomever logs in on the console?
>
> Couldn't you just add the user in question to the operator group?

That won't quite do it -- you need to be able to *write* to the device
to rip. I do that, and change rcd0d to mod 664.

Frederick