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2004-08-16 Thread Claude Vick
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Re: cdrtools-2.01a37 ready

2004-08-16 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> It is unlikely that there will be anothe test release after cdrtools-2.01a37 What do you think chances are of people upgrading to a version of cdrecord which is non-GPL and grossly violates the terms of the GPL? As you perpetually whinge about people not complying with clause blabla of the GPL,

Re: Linux 2.6.8.1 requires changes to cdrecord (and probably every other CD/DVD writing app)

2004-08-16 Thread Ambrose Li
On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 01:13:23AM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: > >Linux(iirc since 2.2) supports a finer grained permission > >model than switching UID, POSIX capabilities[1]. Instead of > >"switching to/from root bracketing each SCSI command" you'd > >simply retain the necessary capability, CAP

Re: Linux 2.6.8.1 requires changes to cdrecord (and probably every other CD/DVD writing app)

2004-08-16 Thread Joerg Schilling
>From: Andreas Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I do not think that is the case, because it would break _lots_ >of stuff, the problem seems to be that cdrecord drops privileges it >needs to access the hardware. Wrong: cdrtools handle privilleges the way you get highest security. For this reason, cdre

Re: Linux 2.6.8.1 requires changes to cdrecord (and probably every other CD/DVD writing app)

2004-08-16 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 05:38:36PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: >From: Andreas Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >? Writing CDs > >only works *as* root, SUID root is not enough. - I've been told that [...] > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linu

Re: Linux 2.6.8.1 requires changes to cdrecord (and probably every other CD/DVD writing app)

2004-08-16 Thread Joerg Schilling
>From: Andreas Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >? Writing CDs >only works *as* root, SUID root is not enough. - I've been told that Everything looks very unspecific and hard to understand. But if the statements in http://marc.theaimsgroup.com

Linux 2.6.8.1 requires changes to cdrecord (and probably every other CD/DVD writing app)

2004-08-16 Thread Andreas Metzler
Hello, May I point to ? Writing CDs only works *as* root, SUID root is not enough. - I've been told that Cdrecord needs to keep CAP_SYS_RAWIO. cu andreas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubsc

cdrtools-2.01a37 ready

2004-08-16 Thread Joerg Schilling
NEW features of cdrtools-2.01a37: Note that we are close before publishing release 2.01 final. Please test for problems that might make the cdrtools unusable. It is unlikely that there will be anothe test release after cdrtools-2.01a37 All: - Added a Note to README.linux: NOTE