On Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 09:12:13AM -0500, Brian T wrote: >Ben Lutgens wrote: >My permissions are >lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Aug 27 15:40 /dev/cdrom -> >/dev/hdd >everything looks okor should I try dropping the x. No that is a symlink. don't try changing the perms on that. You need to check the perms on the thing the link is pointing to. In this case /dev/hdd. > > >> No the fstab don't affect it. check the permissions on you cdrom device file. >> ls -l /dev/cdrom >> make sure you can read it. Mine looks like >> brw-rw-rw- 1 root cdrom 11, 0 May 24 07:31 /dev/scd0 >> and there is a link from that to /dev/cdrom. >> >> read the manpage for chmod for more help >> >> HTH >> >> -- >> Ben Lutgens Cell: 651.387.9065 Home: 651.703.9541 >> >> Backup not found: (A)bort (R)etry (T)hrowup >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org >For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org -- Ben Lutgens Cell: 651.387.9065 Home: 651.703.9541 Backup not found: (A)bort (R)etry (T)hrowup ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org