Re: cdrecord wihout SUID

[Matej Cepl <ceplm@seznam.cz>]

José Alburquerque wrote:
> Does anyone know a way for regular users to use cdrecord for CD
> writing/blanking without the need for it to setuid?  Any pointers would
> be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!

I think you need to have at leas this:

chelcicky:~$ ll `which cdrecord`
-rwsr-xr-- 1 root cdrom 133 2006-01-07 13:43 /usr/bin/cdrecord
chelcicky:~$

Which makes cdrecord at least limited just to members of cdrom group (and
root).

Matěj

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