Re: users can't play cds

On Mon, 19 Feb 2024 04:27:01 +0000 (UTC)
Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Feb 2024 21:02:45 -0500, Vlad Markov wrote:
> >
> > users get this error from player:
> >
> > MPlayer SVN-r38448-snapshot-16.0.6 (C) 2000-2024 MPlayer Team
> >
> > Playing cdda://.
> > **ERROR: fread (): Invalid argument
> > [...]
> >
> > So I say its a permission problem.
> >
> > The device:
> > grumpy$ ls -l /dev/cd*
> > crw-rw----  1 root operator 0x91 Feb 18 07:37 /dev/cd0
> > lrw-rw----  1 root operator    3 Feb 18 07:38 /dev/cdrom -> cd0
> >
> > The user:
> > grumpy$ id
> > uid=1001(vlad) gid=1001(vlad)
> > groups=1001(vlad),0(wheel),5(operator),1002(users)
> >
> > The user is part of the operator group.
> >
> > I am flummoxed.
> 
> I'm not fully sure, but maybe you also need to grant access
> to the xpt and pass* device(s); group +rw should be okay as
> shown for the cd0 device.
> 
It was the pass* devices. 

Thanks,

Vlad