On Thu, Oct 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM Joseph Loo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Did you add yourself to the group cdrom? > I am already a member of the cdrom group. tmb@hppavilion:~$ groups tmb cdrom floppy sudo audio dip video plugdev netdev scanner bluetooth lpadmin > > > On October 2, 2025 7:44:15 AM PDT, Timothy M Butterworth < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 2, 2025 at 3:07 AM Thomas Schmitt <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Timothy M Butterworth 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. >>> >>> I am astonished that K3B from Debian tries to use cdrecord. >>> Shouldn't it try to use wodim ? >>> What do you get from: >>> >>> ls -l /usr/bin/cdrecord >>> >> >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Nov 15 2024 /usr/bin/cdrecord -> wodim >> >> >> >>> >>> The problem with cdrecord is old and widespread. >>> People usually solved it by running K3B as superuser, or by setting the >>> setuid bit by chmod +s, or by finding the mentioned K3B settings. >>> See for example >>> https://askubuntu.com/questions/287308/k3b-cdrecord-has-no-permission >>> >>> It should be possible to replace cdrecord/wodim by cdrskin for the jobs >>> of data CD and audio CD recording. >>> That would be done in the settings where the binary helpers are chosen. >>> Eons ago that menu window was called "Setup External Programs" where >>> the binaries settings were accessible via button "Programs". >>> Currently the program in charge is probably "/usr/bin/cdrecord". >>> >>> >>> > tmb@hppavilion:~$ ls -l /dev/sr0 >>> > brw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Oct 1 20:15 /dev/sr0 >>> >>> I assume that >>> >>> getfacl /dev/sr0 >>> >>> will reveil that your desktop user has rw-permission. >>> >>> >>> > I ran: >>> > tmb@hppavilion:~$ sudo chmod 4711 /usr/bin/wodim >>> > tmb@hppavilion:~$ sudo chmod 4711 /usr/bin/cdrdao >>> > and now it works. >>> >>> So your "cdrecord" is probably /usr/bin/wodim . >>> (Unclear whether by file link or by K3B configuration.) >>> >>> >>> Have a nice day :) >>> >>> Thomas >>> >>> >> >> -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀
