cdrecord permissions problem in 2.6.8

["H. S." <greatexcalibur@yahoo.com>]

There was a problem in 2.6.8 kernel where a normal user could not burn 
CD's using cdrecord. I experienced that problem and installed 2.6.7, 
which did not suffer that problem. I am wondering, is that problem fixed 
now? I am planning to compile the 2.6.8 kernel source package from Debian.

thanks,
->HS