On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:00:57 +0800 Lars Boegild Thomsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Travis Crook wrote: > > > It seems I would be able to burn a disc as root, but > > apparently I don't have enough free space on /tmp (and can't delete > > anything in /tmp, but that's an issue for another day). > > Well - _have_ you got enough space in /tmp? I mean - it would often > be on the root partition which might not be large enough to hold the > iso image before writing. Solution is - make sure it's large enough > or get your application to use /var/tmp or something in your home > instead for temporary storage. > I did change my /tmp area, but it didn't help. However, I reran dpkg-reconfigure cdrecord and set the SUID bit properly and now I am able to burn. I haven't tried changing the /tmp back to just plain old /tmp to see if it also fixed that issue. > > I assume that this is a permissions or group membership problem > > but I can't seem to figure it out. Any suggestions on where to > > begin? Ideally, I would like to burn CD-ROMs and DVDs logged in as > > myself, not root. > > Just make sure you're a member of cdrom - then that should be fine. Yep, that works (after the dpkg-reconfigure cdrecord update). Thanks! -- Travis Crook Visions Beyond www.VisionsBeyond.com 208-478-7836 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]