growisofs works as a non-root user here.
On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 15:45:46 +0100, Martin Zwickel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all! > > I have a small question: > What do I have to do, to let the ioctl CDROM_SEND_PACKET work as a > non-root user under 2.6.11? > > I try to burn a DVD with growisofs as a non-root user without success. > > I know that there were some changes about access restriction (since > 2.6.8), but I haven't found anything to get a clue about the current > status. > > So is it just impossible to send a packet to the DVD burner without root > access? Do I have to use a wrapper that sets the effective user id to > root and then runs growisofs? > > > It's friday, so sorry for that stupid question, but a comment on that > would be fine :) > > Regards, > Martin > > -- > MyExcuse: > Recursive traversal of loopback mount points > > Martin Zwickel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Research & Development > > TechnoTrend AG <http://www.technotrend.de> > > -- Time is what you make of it - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
