Re: Cd writing tool under Linux

[Benjamin Sher <delphi123@zebra.net>]

On Saturday 16 July 2005 04:28 am, Dave Ewart wrote:
> On Friday, 15.07.2005 at 19:47 -0500, Benjamin Sher wrote:
> > The most popular is K3b. If you distro doesn't carry it, just find an
> > rpm or compile it from source tarball. After you install it, be sure
> > to run the Setup or click from the Help menu and Test Your System.
> > Remember to ALWAYS run it as root
>
> Erm, what?  Always run it as root??  Are you kidding?  This is an
> incredibly insecure suggestion.  k3b is part of Debian and, in my
> experience, Just Works when installed.  You don't need any special setup
> for this to happen.
>
> Dave.

Dear Dave:

Those are not my instructions but those of the author, who very explicitly 
requires that K3b always run as root.

Benjamin