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Re: CD burning without root priviligdes



> Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > Is there any KDE gui tool to burn CDs, that can work without root
> > priviledges?
> >
> > I need it for linux terminal application server. Users should be able
> > to write CDs without knowing root password!
> > I may make cdrecord setuid, but I don't want any gui running as root!
> >
> > cdbakeoven can be started as normal user, but many operations seem not
> > to work (e.g. access to previous session).
> >
> > k3b asks for root password on startup.
> >
> > The only tool that works is gcombust, but it's interface is ugly.
>
> try adding the user(s) to the group (in /etc/group) that owns the device
> (e.g. (/dev/hdc), and re-login the user(s) for changes to take effect.

All user permissions on my system are set correctly.
I am a seasoned sysadmin, after all.



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