segfault when not as root

nico nico at mandrakesoft.com
Wed Nov 14 19:55:14 CET 2001


On Tuesday 13 November 2001 15:12, you wrote:

> That's not what most people would consider "good" settings for it ;-)
>
> What Nico might not know is that the device needs to be writable by the
> user / group in question.
>
> On linux:
> groupadd dvd
> chgrp dvd /dev/hdd (in your example, /dev/sr0 in my case)
> chmod 664 /dev/hdd (to make the device also readable by anyone)
>
> Then make sure that your user and any other appropriate users are in the
> dvd group.


Hi Michael,

Unfortunately, that still doesn't work. I guess it can be related to a recent 
patch applied to my kernel (from grsecurity). I'm gonna check it out.

Thanks anyway,

Cheers,

nico




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