https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=463432 Summary: Root previledges required to gain write access to optical device Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: badshah400@gmail.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: Community User Whenever a CD or DVD is inserted into the drive and mounted, wodim fails to recognise the device unless given root previledges. I have two optical drives (a master CD writer and a slave DVD writer) and I have just inserted, mounted and then ejected a CD into the CD writer. This is the result for the command wodim -scanbus as a normal user ------------------------------- badshah@linux-vulp:~> wodim -scanbus scsibus4: 4,0,0 400) * 4,1,0 401) 'HP ' 'DVD Writer 1035r' 'NH21' Removable CD-ROM 4,2,0 402) * 4,3,0 403) * 4,4,0 404) * 4,5,0 405) * 4,6,0 406) * -------------------------------- Clearly the CD writer is not detected. As a super user the following is the output of the same command -------------------------------- linux-vulp:/home/badshah # wodim -scanbus scsibus4: 4,0,0 400) 'SONY ' 'CD-RW CRX320EE ' 'RYK4' Removable CD-ROM 4,1,0 401) 'HP ' 'DVD Writer 1035r' 'NH21' Removable CD-ROM 4,2,0 402) * 4,3,0 403) * 4,4,0 404) * 4,5,0 405) * 4,6,0 406) * 4,7,0 407) * --------------------------------- Under such circumstances cd or dvd writing becomes impossible as a non-root user. It takes a restart for wodim to recognise all drives correctly again. If both devices are mounted and then ejected, subsequently wodim does not recognise a single device as normal user rendering cd/dvd writing impossible. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.