Anton Graham wrote:
>
> 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)
See also: man newgrp
Pierre
> HTH
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