Re: Access to cd device denied for cdp

[Thomas Molina <tmolina cablespeed com>]

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Daniel J Walsh wrote:

> Please put in a bugzilla.  The problem is that /dev/hdc is labeled 
> wrong.  It should have a label of removable_disk_device_t.
> The problem is there is currently no good way of determining what cdrom 
> disk is from a fixed disk, from a policy point of
> view.  We are investigating ideas around using kudzu to relabel the devices.

Please do not use that abomination called kudzu to determine policy.  

First off, userland tools have no place in determining policy in my 
opinion, especially not in the case of removable media.

Secondly, I despise kudzu.  It is an abomination which get removed 
forthwith from any system I maintain.