On 7/19/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wim De Smet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > normal user access to recording devices has been broken many times in > > the past by changes in the kernel API. It often doesn't work reliably > > and therefore it's safer to run K3B as root. If you're in a multi-user > > environment that's not an option, but if you're the administrator and > > you know what you're doing I wouldn't see why not > > Why not using a 2.6.x kernel? This kernels have its own hardware abstraction > layer daemon (hald) and I think it is very useful in this cases. I use that > kernel version on my PC and I can write CD and DVD images using normal users > accounts, I didn't try to do so on a remote machine with a multi-user > environment but I think it must work too. >
I was actually talking about 2.6 kernels. The new security model that was introduced a while back broke this compatibility for quite a while with cdrecord. greets, Wim