Re: cdrdao / ide-scsi problem
On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 11:24:36PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 03:32:43AM +1000, bob parker wrote:
> > I'm no expert really, and maybe there is some other permissions problem going
> > on, but I observe that with a default Debian Woody install that cdrecord is
> > setuid. Afaik that is because it needs to lock some memory when it starts.
>
> I have to wonder why cdrecord, xcdroast, etc that depend on suid to
> work properly aren't set that way by default in sid.
cdrecord asks the following debconf question:
Template: cdrecord/SUID_bit
Type: boolean
Default: false
Description: Do you want /usr/bin/cdrecord to be installed SUID root?
You have the option of installing cdrecord with the SUID bit set.
.
If you make cdrecord SUID, you can allow users in the "cdrom" group to
burn CD-ROMs without needing any additional privileges. This could,
however, potentially allow cdrecord to be used during a security attack on
your computer. If in doubt, I suggest you install it without SUID. If you
later change your mind, you can run: dpkg-reconfigure cdrecord.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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