To fix this (if your file system supports file capabilities): 1. Install the libcap2-bin package. 2. As root, enter the following command: setcap cap_sys_resource=ep /usr/bin/wodim
Note that this enables wodim to override a variety of resource limits, which is a risk to system security and stability. You might want to mitigate that risk by only allowing trusted user accounts to execute it. For example: chgrp users /usr/bin/wodim chmod o-x /usr/bin/wodim setcap cap_sys_resource=ep /usr/bin/wodim Note also that all of these changes (permissions and file capabilities) will be reset next time the wodim package is upgraded or reinstalled. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ideally, the wodim executable should be given the file capability by a package installation script, and it should drop that privilege early in its execution, right after making its setrlimit call. This would solve the problem while greatly mitigating the risks.