Re: atapicam(4) as KLD?

From: Daniel O'Connor <doconnor_at_gsoft.com.au>
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 22:43:52 +0930
On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 20:53, Vladimir Grebenschikov wrote:
> > Whilst we're discussing ATAPICAM, even after I make /dev/cd0[ac] mode
> > 666, I can't write to it as a non-root user.  Does anyone know the
> > rationale for this and which particular EPERM is the culprit?  I've
> > had a quick look at the source but can't see nothing leapt out.
>
> I guess you should make 0666 (or whatever) perms for /dev/passX to write
> something by cdrecord/cdrdao

You can but it means people can send raw commands on your SCSI bus (probably 
not a big issue for atapicam users I'd say)

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