Bill Davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Joerg Schilling wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Hallo,
> >>
> >> When I run cdrecord -scanbus as root I get:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# cdrecord
> >> -scanbus
> >> Cdrecord-ProDVD-ProBD-Clone 2.01.01a41 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C)
> >> 1995-2008 Jâ? rg Schilling
> >> cdrecord: Permission denied. Cannot open '/dev/hda'. Cannot open or use
> >> SCSI
> >> driver.
> >> cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are
> >> root.
> >> cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.
> >>
> >> What's happening here? My system is built from SlackWare 12.1 and
> >> /dev/hda is a normal IDE hard disk.
> >>
> >
> > You need to run cdrecord with root privileges!
> >
>
> Did you read what he wrote? He clearly says "as root" in the very
> paragraph you quoted.
> This can be done by reading ALL of what he wrote and understanding what
> it says.
> You did not do that...
You could avoid further confusion if you start reading what he wrote.
In contrary to you, I did read his mail.
Well, it may be that you don't know enough about UNIX suid execution to
understand the proiblem.
Jörg
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