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From: wag@swl.msd.ray.com (William Gianopoulos {84718})
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: XCDplayer help !
Date: 22 Dec 1995 15:12:13 -0500
Organization: Raytheon Company
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In article <4bchca$m75@mitzi.rsmas.miami.edu>,
	ivan@nauplius.rsmas.miami.edu (Ivan Lima) writes:
>I can only get xcdplayer to work as root. When I try to run it as a normal 
>user it starts poping messages saying "permission denied" . Does anyone knows
>what files or directories do I have to change permissions to get it working 
>whithout being root?


The install instruction for xcdplayer tell you to change the modes of the
cdrom device to 666.  I'll bet you overlooked this step!

-- 
William A. Gianopoulos; Raytheon Electronic Systems
wag@swl.msd.ray.com
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This is my personal opinion and not that of my employer.