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Re: Cd writing tool under Linux



On Saturday 16 July 2005 03:15 am, Benjamin Sher wrote:
> 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

You run setup as root the first time only. This sets the program up to 
be used, and used by regular users.

-- 
Greg Madden



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