[plug] <NEWBIE> KDE

[Scott, Simon]

1) Check your /dev/cdrom link? A few programs use this link to specify the
primary cdrom.. otherwise quite possibly the 'properties' of the icon
specify the device (???)

2) Change the group ownership on the /dev/??? device file to allow read and
execute for the group, and nada for others, and then add those users you
want to be able to access the cdrom to the group in /etc/group.... I dont
think you can mount a device without having execute privs on the device
file..

Am I smoking crack here people? Im up to armpits in VMS at the moment.. :\



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Earnshaw, Mike [mailto:earnshawm at wa.switch.aust.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 3 May 2000 9:23
> To: PLUG (E-mail)
> Subject: [plug] <NEWBIE> KDE
> 
> 
> List,
> 
> I'm still fairly new to Linux and very new to KDE, but on 
> that KDE high ...
> last night I was playing around with the desktop and could not use the
> floppy and cdrom icons on the desktop. So I added 'user' into 
> 'fstab' and
> now anyone can 'mount' them. This gives me one question and 
> one problem:
> 
> Problem:
> On my setup when I try and 'unmount' the cdrom it says there is no
> '/dev/hdd' on my system (which is true) ... but I can't find 
> where in any
> 'script' <?> where the 'unmount' option of the icon refers to 
> hdd. Where is
> this so I can change to the appropriate device?
> 
> Question:
> Now I have 'user' in 'fstab' anyone can 'mount' the devices. 
> Is there a way
> to create a group kind of idea where only certain users can 
> 'mount' without
> having to go through some kind of 'su' or 'sudo' process. 
> i.e. automatically
> Linux knows who is logged on then decides whether they can 
> 'mount' or not?
> Is that clear?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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