Re: cdrecord suddenly doesn't allow burning

["Sridhar M.A." <mas@uomphysics.net>]

On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 11:43:14AM +0000, Danilo Raineri wrote:
   > Joris Huizer wrote:
   > 
   > > /usr/bin/cdrecord: Permission denied
   > 
   > It seems that /usr/bin/cdrecord has been replaced by a script, which calls
   > the appropriate executable depending on the kernel version:
   > 
   > AinSoph:~# cat /usr/bin/cdrecord
   > #!/bin/sh
   > VERS=`/sbin/kernelversion`
   > case $VERS in
   >   2.0|2.2)
   >     exec cdrecord.shm "$@"
   >   ;;
   >   2.4|*)
   >     exec cdrecord.mmap "$@"
   >   ;;
   > esac
   > 
   > You can fiddle with the permissions of cdrecord.*
   > 
   > On my system, everything works if I chmod +r /usr/bin/cdrecord
   > 
Do it the debian way. Add yourself to the cdrom group. /dev/scd0 has
root.cdrom as owner. That will solve the OP's problem.

Regards,

-- 
Sridhar M.A.

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