[Wylug-help] SuSE Linux Question(s)

[John Hodrien]

On Fri, 8 Aug 2003, Dave Fisher wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 08:31:23AM +0100, PhilLaszkowicz at halifax.co.uk wrote:
> > 1. I'm trying to change my username and although it appears to work using YaST2 (user login changed and home directory changed) I still get issues when attempting to do things like mounting my DVD-ROM to play CDs on XMMS.  Are there other things that need changing and if so, what are they?
>
> Perhaps, I've misunderstood what you are trying to do, but it is
> standard Unix/Linux practice to reserve disk mounting for the superuser
> root (an elementary security measure).

I'd agree it was standard UNIX practice, but I'm not sure about standard Linux
practice.  I think on a typical single-ish user system, having the fstab set
to owner, so that the person logged into the machine can mount the removables
is entirely sensible.  Apart from floppies with crap users who don't bother
umounting...

If the permissions of the drive don't properly change to the logged in user,
take a poke at /etc/security/console.perms I believe (on a redhat system,
sorry no suse here).

jh

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