[Discuss] K3b issue and cdrecord

[J.Bakshi]

On Saturday 08 Jul 2006 7:02 am, Murray Strome wrote:

> While I am no expert, I have found that if I start K3b as root (su), it
> usually works just fine without any problems.  I have had troubles
> trying to use it as a user. Also, when burning a CD/DVD you have to be
> careful to NOT include any linked files -- they foul things up.
>
> Murray

I have just done some serious reading on K3b. K3b is dependent on cdrecord and 
cdrdao for writing CD. Now the man pages says that cdrecord and cdrdao 
perform the best when they work with the highest priority and with full 
control. This is possible as root. But in case of a user cdrecord and cdrdao 
should have SUID bit set to enjoy the root facility. hence K3b-setup changes 
the permission of cdrecord and cdrdao to have SUID bit set. and then even as 
a normal user one can write CD smoothly.
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