Hello, Here is my understanding of the situation of cdrecord with Linux 2.6.x. Please correct me if I am wrong.
"cdrecord" will (perhaps with minor modifications) be able to write CD's without root privileges for a user with access to rw the relevant drive. However this will lead to greater chances of errors in the CD's written. Here is a suggestion that may be acceptable to all concerned. We can change cdrecord so that: A. When cdrecord is started with setuid bit set or as root then it runs as it is supposed to. B. When cdrecord is started without the setuid bit set and as a non-root user then it emits a complaint and prompts the user on whether to continue with the deprecated mode of writing CD's. Regards, Kapil. --
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
