Since /dev/dvdram is a symbolic link to /dev/hdc, let's check permissions on /dev/hdc with "ls -l /dev/hdc". -----Original Message----- From: TimSchofield.7552659@bloglines.com [mailto:TimSchofield.7552659@bloglines.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 12:58 PM To: suse-amd64@suse.com Subject: RE: [suse-amd64] dvdram permissions --- Black wrote: What does "ls -l /dev/dvdram" look like? Do you need read/write

permissions for group and other as well?

linux:/etc # ls -l /dev/dvdram lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2005-03-19 06:41 /dev/dvdram -> hdc I am the only user on the system - so read/write permissions for all users is ok. Tim -- Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help@suse.com