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Subject:    [gentoo-desktop] cdrecord only works as root?
From:       n cookit <gentoo_mail () yahoo ! ca>
Date:       2002-11-19 21:41:02
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i've noticed that my burner will only work while i'm logged in as root.

in particular, i am referring to the applications 'gcombust' and 'arson' which use \
cdrecord. Both of these are excellent burning tools but cdrecord will only find the \
burner if i open these apps as root. For obvious reasons I dont want to run X-apps as \
root and would like to know what else i'm supposed to be doing. I know it's possible \
to get it working 'somehow' as it worked fine with my former Mandrake installation. \
iirc, was there a usergroup called 'cdrecord' or something? 

here is the output when i try to run it as a normal user:

sh-2.05a$ cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord 1.11a30 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg Schilling
cdrecord: Permission denied. Cannot open '/dev/sg0'. Cannot open SCSI driver.
cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are root.

what info should i provide that may help?

thanks,

-N



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<P>i've noticed that my burner will only work while i'm logged in as root.</P>
<P>in particular, i am referring to the applications 'gcombust' and 'arson' which use \
cdrecord. Both of these are excellent burning tools but cdrecord will only find the \
burner if i open these apps as root. For obvious reasons I dont want to run X-apps as \
root and would like to know what else i'm supposed to be doing. I know it's possible \
to get it working 'somehow' as it worked fine with my former Mandrake installation. \
iirc, was there a usergroup called 'cdrecord' or something? </P> <P>here is the \
output when i try to run it as a normal user:</P> <P>sh-2.05a$ cdrecord \
-scanbus<BR>Cdrecord 1.11a30 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg \
Schilling<BR>cdrecord: Permission denied. Cannot open '/dev/sg0'. Cannot open SCSI \
driver.<BR>cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are \
root.</P> <P>what info should i provide that may help?</P>
<P>thanks,</P>
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