Kapil Hari Paranjape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think I understand what you are saying:
>
> The problem is that changes in the Linux interface force you to ask
> Linux users to install the program setuid in order to be sure to test
> all the possible difficulties that may arise when writing a CD/DVD.
>
> As a result of your work on this program, CD/DVD writing has become
> dependable on a huge number of different platforms and drives. You do
> not want this achievement to be watered down in any way.
>
> So, what I would like is that the Debian version of "cdrecord" be
> (re)patched minimally so that it:
>
> (a) Produces behaviour essentially identical to your upstream version
> in case the program is installed suid or is run as root.
>
> (b) *Can* be installed and run non-setuid root---for the "paranoid" amongst
> us. Such system administrators should be WARNED that they *may* produce
> "coasters" and that the better way is to install the program as
> you have suggested.
This is not a solution do you believe that you don't need door in the elevator
shaft because sometimes when you step in, there is an elevator at your
storey?
If you like to make cdrecord work, you _need_ to install it suid root
or to make it 0700 owned by root, so only root may call it.
> I believe such a patch is possible and is essentially available in
> the BTS. I also understand that you might consider (b) to be a watering
> down of your work and thus unacceptable to you.
I did not see any patch that makes sense, only some patches that try to hide
the problems and thus create more problems than already present.
Jörg
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