On Fri, 2007-10-05 at 05:19 -0500, Mike Chambers wrote: > [mike@scrappy ~]$ (K3bDevice::HalConnection) initializing HAL >= 0.5 > Mapping udi /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVDRW_SHW_160P6S > to device /dev/sr1 > Mapping udi /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_LTR_52327S to > device /dev/sr0 > /dev/sr1 resolved to /dev/sr1 > (K3bDevice::Device) could not open device /dev/sr1 for reading > (Permission denied) > could not open device /dev/sr1 (Permission denied) > /dev/sr0 resolved to /dev/sr0 > (K3bDevice::Device) could not open device /dev/sr0 for reading > (Permission denied) > could not open device /dev/sr0 (Permission denied) > Devices: > ------------------------------ > > This is a fresh install, so *I* didn't do anything. What file/program > do the permissions pertain to? What permissions should be set? > > [mike@scrappy dev]$ ls -la sr* > brw-r----- 1 root disk 11, 0 2007-10-03 21:01 sr0 > brw-r----- 1 root disk 11, 1 2007-10-03 21:01 sr1 Ok, after running this program from root, it works and detects/uses the cdroms. But from a normal user it doesn't. Permissions or something need to be changed I guess to allow normal user to run it and detect/use the cdroms? -- Mike Chambers Madisonville, KY "Best lil town on Earth!" -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list