2.6.8 and CD recording [LWN.net]

2.6.8 and CD recording

Posted Nov 25, 2004 18:22 UTC (Thu) by D-tune (guest, #26254)
In reply to: 2.6.8 and CD recording by pete_s
Parent article: 2.6.8 and CD recording

Has anyone noticed that scanning doesn't work for users either?
Even though the hotplug scripts are setting the correct device permissions
in /proc/bus/usb it only works for root.
I do most things from the command line so I can work around it with sudo,
but every CD burning or scanning program that accesses the devices needs
a separate entry. I guess anything that uses the scsi subsystem is similarly
affected - my sudoers file is growing rapidly:(

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2.6.8 and CD recording

Posted Nov 25, 2004 21:39 UTC (Thu) by D-tune (guest, #26254) [Link]

Retract that last post. Forgot to add user to scanner group. Duh!
BTW new version of cdrecord (I'm using 2.0+a38-1 from Debian Unstable)
allows users to burn CDs if suid root.