Re: PATCH: cdrecord: avoiding scsi device numbering for ide devices

Alan Cox
2004-08-22T11:47:13Z

On Sad, 2004-08-21 at 10:04, David Greaves wrote:
> So, the real point: principle of least privilege.
> Why root? why not set[gu]id cdwriters?

It requires CAP_SYS_RAWIO, because that is the level of access it gives.
How you do the capability management is a user space issue.