On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 10:57:57AM -0500, David Zeuthen wrote: > Hey, aren't you talking about rw access to the device node, say /dev/hdc > or /dev/cdwriter? The console user already got these rw rights otherwise > e.g. nautilus-cd-burner wouldn't be very useful. Correct > > needs good documenting and might also need a kernel detail fixing > > Can you clarify what kernel fixing is needed? Need to implement revoke() fairly soon, but that needs doing anywhere > It is my understanding that only DVD-RAM drives with DVD-RAM media will > allow one to mount a filesystem rw (for optical drives) - is this > correct? Correct, but if you were to say erase an ext2fs while its mounted you'll crash the machine probably