From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266705AbUHIQ0O (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Aug 2004 12:26:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266708AbUHIQ0O (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Aug 2004 12:26:14 -0400 Received: from rproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.170.199]:13843 "EHLO mproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266705AbUHIQ0L (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Aug 2004 12:26:11 -0400 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 12:26:10 -0400 From: Patrick McFarland To: Joerg Schilling Subject: Re: PATCH: cdrecord: avoiding scsi device numbering for ide devices Cc: dwmw2@infradead.org, james.bottomley@steeleye.com, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, axboe@suse.de, eric@lammerts.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200408091440.i79EeqrH010640@burner.fokus.fraunhofer.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <200408091440.i79EeqrH010640@burner.fokus.fraunhofer.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 16:40:52 +0200 (CEST), Joerg Schilling wrote: > People who use the official cdrecord know that they need to run cdrecord > with root privilleges. People who run the bastardized version from SuSE > don't know this and fail to write CDs. This is why people should be using Debian to begin with. Debian asks if you want to install cdrecord with suid so everyone can burn cds without needing to be root first. -- Patrick "Diablo-D3" McFarland || diablod3@gmail.com "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989