Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 9 Aug 2004 16:07:34 +0200 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: PATCH: cdrecord: avoiding scsi device numbering for ide devices |
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On Mon, Aug 09 2004, Alan Cox wrote: > On Llu, 2004-08-09 at 13:24, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > On Linux, it is impossible to run cdrecord without root privilleges. > > Make cdrecord suid root, it has been audited.... > > Wrong. Although in part that is a bug in the kernel urgently needing > a fix.
Even with that fixing, write privileges on the device would be enough. So root would still not be required.
-- Jens Axboe
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