Re: cdrtools

[Joerg Schilling <schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de>]

Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de> wrote:

> #include <hallo.h>
> * Joerg Schilling [Sun, Aug 13 2006, 12:28:15PM]:
>
> > The original sources do not have such bugs and many Debian users that 
>
> Most of that is true if and only if the users follow your
> recommendations and strictly use kernel 2.4.x, ide-scsi emulation and
> install your programs as suid-root.

You again prove that you are uninformed.

If you did really work as Debian cdrtools maintainer, you would have read the
bug reports (in special Debian bug #374685):

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I am not sure if I understand you the right way, but the facts are: 
 
-       On previous Linux versions, it was possible to make cdrecord 
        work without root-privs in case you did compromize security 
        on that system and in case you did not care about coasters 
        or write quality. 
 
-       With Linux 2.6.x, it is impossible to run cdrecord without 
        root privs. 
 
        Do not believe single persons who claim otherwise as Linux-2.6.x 
        filters away random SCSI commands when cdrecord does not have 
        root-privs and as cdrecord heavily depends on the fact that 
        the SCSI protocol depends on SCSI commands that "fail" because 
        they are not supported by the actual drive in order to correctly  
        support the features of the actual drive. 
 
        It is definitely impossible to support "correct" DVD writing 
        without having root-privs. 
 
-       Recent cdrecord versions (see ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha) 
        include workarounds for the incompatible interface changes on 
        recent Linux versions and allow you to use cdrecord in case it 
        has been installed suid-root. 
 
-       The "latest" cdrecord version on Debian is definitely broken. 
 
 
My suggestion is:  
 
-       get a recent copy of the original cdrtools source from 
 
                ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha 
 
        and compile it. 
 
-       Install the cdrecord/cdda2wav/readcd binaries suid root. 
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Jörg

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