Re: burning a CD /DVD

Tim Hanson wrote:
> Does anyone know why I can burn a data DVD using k3b without problems,
> but I can only burn a CD as root?
> 
> This is on the same usb drive

I'm pretty sure this is an issue with cdrecord.  The DVD is burned with 
dvd+rw-tools whereas the cd is burned with cdrecord.  The simple test is 
to try the following as root and non-root at a console or xterm:

cdrecord --scanbus

It will likely fail on the non-root user.

My solution to this was to run k3b via sudo.  You can set up users in 
the sudo config file which will permit them to run k3b as root.


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Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
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