Submitted 10-Jul-00 by Sarang Lakare:
> I can burn CDs on my machine only as root. Thats very unconvenient. How to
> let any user burn CDs? Maybe this should be default in the system.
It's not default for security reasons. One of the best solutions is
to set the permissions on /usr/bin/cdrecord to 4710. It ships as
owned by root, group cdwriter, and SGID. The intention was,
apparently, to allow members of group cdwriter write cd's, but it
doesn't work that way. The permissions I specified allow members of
the group cdwriter to use the program as if they were root.
Just add the user(s) you want to be able to burn discs to the cdwriter
group afterward. (Note that any account logged on when the change is
made will have to log off and back on in order to be able to access
the new group)
HTH
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