k3b: unable to find cdrecord executable

["Midnight" <midnight@ananzi.co.za>]

I've installed k3b on my machine and every time I start k3b
up, it gives me an error message: "unable to find cdrecord
executable".  

I undoubtedly have cdrecord installed on my machine.  
ls -al cdrecr* in /usr/bin provides the following output:
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-rws--x---    1 root     cdrom         133 Jan 16 23:51
cdrecord
-rwxr-xr--    1 root     cdrom      343276 Jan 16 23:51
cdrecord.mmap
-rwxr-xr--    1 root     cdrom      343692 Jan 16 23:51
cdrecord.shm
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Some searching on the internet has indicated that it might
be a problem with permissions.  I changed the permissions
for cdrecord, both manually with chmod and also with k3b
setup.  In k3bsetup, I turned on the "use burning group"
option and designated "cdrom" as my burning group.  I also
made sure that my normal user is a member of the cdrom
group.

All to no avail.  When I run k3b, it still gives me the
"unable to find cdrecord executable" error message and when
I try to execute cdrecord from the command line with my
normal user account, this is what I see:
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highnoon@andelain:/usr/bin$ cdrecord
/usr/bin/cdrecord: /usr/bin/cdrecord: Permission denied
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When I execute the same command as root, this is the
result:
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andelain:/usr/bin# cdrecord
cdrecord.mmap: No tracks specified. Need at least one.
Usage: cdrecord.mmap [options] track1...trackn

Use     cdrecord.mmap -help
to get a list of valid options.

Use     cdrecord.mmap blank=help
to get a list of valid blanking options.

Use     cdrecord.mmap dev=b,t,l driveropts=help -checkdrive
to get a list of drive specific options.

Use     cdrecord.mmap dev=help
to get a list of possible SCSI transport specifiers.
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I am really at a loss here.  Any advice will be gratefully
accepted.

Cheers
Midn
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