Re: K3b fails to burn data CD

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Oct 2, 2025 at 12:37 AM Timothy M Butterworth
<timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  [...]
>>> tmb@hppavilion:~$ ls -l /dev/sr0
>>> brw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Oct  1 20:15 /dev/sr0
>>
>> I tried changing it to:
>>
>> tmb@hppavilion:~$ ls -l /dev/sr0
>> brwxrwxrwx+ 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Oct  1 22:24 /dev/sr0
>>
>> I still get the same error.
>
> I ran:
> tmb@hppavilion:~$ sudo chmod 4711 /usr/bin/wodim
> tmb@hppavilion:~$ sudo chmod 4711 /usr/bin/cdrdao
>
> and now it works.

That looks like the chmod u+s fix.  I don't think it is the best
strategy nowadays since you can set the desired capabilities on the
programs.  You might try this instead:

    $ sudo setcap cap_ipc_lock+pe /usr/bin/wodim

That suggestion came from
<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1583845#c12> and
<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1583845#c29>.

Jeff