Re: Root Permissions

[Richard Hult <rhult hem2 passagen se>]

On 13 Mar, Tim Lloyd wrote:
> I'm having fun learning about not doing everything as root, myself.  So
> far, to fix those two problems, I've done a chmod u+s /sbin/pppd to set
> pppd SUID root, and chmod a+r /dev/cdrom to give all users CD-ROM access
> (cause RedHat somehow figures that only root would want CD-ROM access).
> So far, so good.  Now I just have to figure out a good way to network my
> PC and my laptop with either a null modem or null printer cable...

I think it's a much better idea to add yourself (your user) to the disk
group to get access to your CD. To do that, either use linuxconf, or
edit the file /etc/group. Find the line with disk:

disk::6:root, <username>

I have done the same with the group floppy.

Richard