On Wed, Oct 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM Timothy M Butterworth < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Oct 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM Timothy M Butterworth < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM Charles Curley < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 1 Oct 2025 20:26:16 -0400 >>> Timothy M Butterworth <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > I am trying to burn a data CD with K3b and I keep receiving the >>> > following error messages: >>> > >>> > cdrecord has no permission to open the device. >>> > Modify device settings in K3b to solve this problem. >>> > >>> > I looked through settings and didn't see anything. I tried running >>> > cdrecord from the command line and got the same permissions error. I >>> > was able to use cdrecord to erase the disk with sudo. I tried running >>> > K3b with sudo and got an unsupported error. >>> > >>> > It seems like it may be group issue. My account is a member of the >>> > following groups: >>> > >>> > tmb@hppavilion:~$ groups >>> > tmb cdrom floppy sudo audio dip video plugdev netdev scanner bluetooth >>> > lpadmin >>> >>> Have you checked the ownership and permissions on the CD drive? You >>> should see something like: >>> >>> root@hawk:~# ll /dev/sr0 >>> brw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Sep 30 13:47 /dev/sr0 >>> root@hawk:~# >> >> >> tmb@hppavilion:~$ ls -l /dev/sr0 >> brw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Oct 1 20:15 /dev/sr0 >> > > I tried changing it to: > > tmb@hppavilion:~$ ls -l /dev/sr0 > brwxrwxrwx+ 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Oct 1 22:24 /dev/sr0 > > I still get the same error. > I ran: tmb@hppavilion:~$ sudo chmod 4711 /usr/bin/wodim tmb@hppavilion:~$ sudo chmod 4711 /usr/bin/cdrdao and now it works. > > >> >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Does anybody read signatures any more? >>> >>> https://charlescurley.com >>> https://charlescurley.com/blog/ >>> >>> >> >> -- >> ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ >> ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system >> ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ >> ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀ >> > > > -- > ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ > ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system > ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ > ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀ > -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀
