On Tue, 10 May 2005 08:57:17 -0500 Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Monday 09 May 2005 17:04, Tom wrote: > > > >> I wasn't too happy about it either. As I said before tho, > >> you > >>can still burn as user, but since cdrecord is denied permission > >>to the rr-scheduler and setpriority kernel functions, there is > >>a high risk of buffer underruns. I really can't remember > >>exactly when Mandrake dropped the kernel patch that allowed > >>cdrecord as user access to 2.6.x kernels. > > > > Couldn't something be done about that by a combination of sudo > > and group? > > Yes, but that's the kernel patch Mandriva has dropped. > Linus directed that all 2.6 kernels should no longer allow user > calls to the kernel. Many distros, includin Mdk patched the > kernels to work around that. But no longer.
That's nuts! Talk about making Linux user-unfriendly. I can just see myself being on the hone with my mother in law: "Yeah, mom. To make a CD, 1st su root." "Do what to the roots?" ... What about the GUI programs like k3b, etc? I seem to remember from before (it's been a long time since i used them much) that the 1st time you ran them, there were some "as root" shenanigans required. There has got to be a better way to do this than to force people to be root just to burn a cd efficiently. It seems I can't blank CDs as a user at all. As user i get cdrecord: Cannot allocate memory. Cannot get SCSI I/O buffer. Not sure why it will work for recording, but not blanking. Sorry if i sound like a ranter. I'm a little frustrated these days. :) eric -- Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://mandriva.vmlinuz.ca
____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com ____________________________________________________
