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Re: DVD Region Code and Imaging

I don't know anything about editing /etc/authorization, but if that
works, I suppose it could be a solution to the problem. Assuming,
also, that this modification only allows the group "staff" to make the
initial setting. If "staff" can also change the region code once it's
been set, you may find the drives are repeatedly changed until the
five change limit is reached.

Since the setting you're referring to is called
"system.device.dvd.setregion.initial" I would guess that this only
allows the "staff" group to make the initial setting, but not change it
after that.

-kris

On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 03:48:24PM -0500, Jerry Case wrote:
> I've received some suggestions on altering the authorization file
> located in the /etc folder to at least allow for no admin users to make
> the settings themselves. Here is what I have been given:
>
> In the /etc/authorization file you can delegate the right
> system.device.dvd.setregion.initial to the group staff, changing:
>
> <key>group</key>
> <string>admin</string>
>
> to
>
> <key>group</key>
> <string>staff</string>
>
> Does this look or sound reasonable?
>
> thanks
>
> Jerry
>
>
>
> On Jul 19, 2004, at 3:18 PM, Bruce Carter wrote:
>
> > I believe this to be true as well. At least we've never found a bulk
> > way of doing it. We had to take a region 1 disc around to each unit
> > and set it individually.
> >
> > On Jul 19, 2004, at 2:36 PM, Kris Steinhoff wrote:
> >
> >> Jerry,
> >>
> >> I believe the DVD region code is set in the firmware of the DVD drive
> >> itself. So it's not something you can manage with the file system.
> >>
> >> -kris
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 12:45:10PM -0500, Jerry Case wrote:
> >>> We are running into a situation where when using firewire drives and
> >>> Radmind to image our machines we have to touch every computer to set
> >>> the DVD Region Code, even though this has been set in the initial
> >>> build. Does anyone out there have any suggestions as to how to set
> >>> the
> >>> Region Code once and have that be propagated to all the comptuers?
> >>> Is
> >>> there a preference file somewhere?
> >>>
> >>> thanks
> >>>
> >>> Jerry
> >
> > --
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The University of Chicago
NSIT Learning Environments Group
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References: 
 >DVD Region Code and Imaging (From: Jerry Case <email@hidden>)
 >Re: DVD Region Code and Imaging (From: Kris Steinhoff <email@hidden>)
 >Re: DVD Region Code and Imaging (From: Bruce Carter <email@hidden>)
 >Re: DVD Region Code and Imaging (From: Jerry Case <email@hidden>)



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