Re: xcdroast stops working

[Uwe Dippel <udippel@uniten.edu.my>]

Robert Parker wrote:

> I think it's wong with 2.6.8. For security reasons it won't allow you to run 
> setuid root programs. The only way you can run cdrecord is as the root user.

You're abolutely right. I didn't think of limits of setuid.

> AFAIK xcdroast is just a front end to cdrecord just like k3b.

Sure, it is. But I prefered to use the app I'm simply more used to.

> Maybe I'm wrong but I can't see how running a binary as root user is any more 
> secure than running it setuid root.

Sure, more secure. But also quite braindead.
By default it is more secure, because you cannot 'pass' permissions.

Uwe