On Wednesday 17 January 2001 22:37, you wrote:
> Stupid question time:
> I have a Memorex 1622 CDR that is working just fine in Linux (Mandrake
> 7.2). The problem is, I can only write to it as the root (superuser).
> When I have a regular cd in it (already written), the permissions read wide
> open all the way across, but if I put a blank in the permissions change and
> the write permission is only enabled in root. If I log in as non root and
> try to write, (xtoaster), the program comes back with a permission denied
> message.
> It works great as root though. I've never been able to write to a cd and
> surf the web, play games, etc in Windoze 98. Whenever I wrote to a cd,
> and then did something else,crash city big time. Linux seems to be rock
> solid. Just switch to a differnet desktop and go for it. Life is good.
> Thanks in advance,
> DJW
Just login as a normal user and raise a terminal window. Then
$ su -
password: (your root password)
# (toaster command)
Then go about your business.... cdwriting is a root privilege, but you don't
have to login as root to use it, only set user id to root in a virtual
terminal.
the $ is the normal system prompt the # is root prompt, (Toaster command ) is
one of the following
xcdroast
gtoaster
kisocd
cdrecord (followed by a list of options for the more 'l33t folks)
Civileme
