Does anyone know why I can burn a data DVD using k3b without problems, but I can only burn a CD as root? This is on the same usb drive -- "I'd love to go out with you, but I'm doing door-to-door collecting for static cling."
On Monday 05 April 2004 07:45, Tim Hanson wrote:
Does anyone know why I can burn a data DVD using k3b without problems, but I can only burn a CD as root? This is on the same usb drive
Sounds like a rights issue in the /dev directory or an issue in the /etc/fstab file. Check for differences between cdrecorder and dvdrecorder (or something similar; I don't have a DVD burner to check). Regards, Pieter Hulshoff
Pieter Hulshoff wrote:
On Monday 05 April 2004 07:45, Tim Hanson wrote:
Does anyone know why I can burn a data DVD using k3b without problems, but I can only burn a CD as root? This is on the same usb drive
Sounds like a rights issue in the /dev directory or an issue in the /etc/fstab file. Check for differences between cdrecorder and dvdrecorder (or something similar; I don't have a DVD burner to check).
See my previous posting on this issue. I have a dvd/cd burner and can burn dvds as anyone, cds only as root. Until I set it up to use sudo to burn cds as follows: execution of k3b: sudo k3b entry in /etc/sudo user host = NOPASSWD: /opt/kde3/bin/k3b user above is the user id you want to be able to run k3b as root without requiring a password host above restricts the execution to this 'host' NOPASSWD permits the identified user on the identified host to execute /opt/kde3/bin/k3b as root without a passwd -- Until later, Geoffrey Registered Linux User #108567 Building secure systems in spite of Microsoft
Tim Hanson wrote:
Does anyone know why I can burn a data DVD using k3b without problems, but I can only burn a CD as root?
This is on the same usb drive
I'm pretty sure this is an issue with cdrecord. The DVD is burned with dvd+rw-tools whereas the cd is burned with cdrecord. The simple test is to try the following as root and non-root at a console or xterm: cdrecord --scanbus It will likely fail on the non-root user. My solution to this was to run k3b via sudo. You can set up users in the sudo config file which will permit them to run k3b as root. -- Until later, Geoffrey Registered Linux User #108567 Building secure systems in spite of Microsoft
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