Hello, Walter. On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 09:12:57PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 07:28:41PM -0400, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 07:20:37PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > > > I've just switched from cdparanoia to cdda2wav, to get track > > > names/artists. As a regular user, I ran... > > > > > > cdda2wav -vall dev=1,0,0 cddb=0 -paranoia -B > > > > > > I got a bunch of complaints about insufficient read and write > > > privileges, but it seems to work OK. I ran the same command as root, > > > and no error messages. > > > > What exactly are the error messages? Most likely you just need to be > > added to the group that has access to CD drives or something like that.
> I am a member of groups "cdrom" and "cdrw". Here are the messages... > [d531][waltdnes][~/music/glenn_miller_2a] cdda2wav -vall dev=1,0,0 cddb=0 > -paranoia -B > cdda2wav: Insufficient 'file read' privileges. You will not be able to open > all needed devices. > cdda2wav: Insufficient 'file write' privileges. You will not be able to open > all needed devices. > cdda2wav: Insufficient 'device' privileges. You may not be able to send all > needed SCSI commands, this my cause various unexplainable problems. > cdda2wav: Insufficient 'priocntl' privileges. You may get jitter. > cdda2wav: Insufficient 'network' privileges. You will not be able to do > remote SCSI. > Type: ROM, Vendor 'TSSTcorp' Model 'CDRWDVD TS-H493B' Revision 'D200' MMC+CDDA > 569344 bytes buffer memory requested, transfer size 131072 bytes, 4 buffers, > 55 sectors > #Cdda2wav version > 3.01a16_linux_4.0.5-gentoo_x86_64_intel-r--core-tm-2-duo-cpu-e4600-@-2.40ghz, > real time sched., soundcard, libparanoia support > AUDIOtrack pre-emphasis copy-permitted tracktype channels Don't we just love software that gives half-error messages? Just how difficult would it have been for the author to have identified just what files and devices you couldn't access? Is your user a member of the audio group? I do CD ripping sometimes, and the three groups acm is a member of which seem relevant are audio, cdrom, and cdrw. Running ripping as root isn't ideal. [ .... ] > -- > Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> > I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
