[TriLUG] gtoaster as a user

[al johnson]

On Monday 15 September 2003 12:56 pm, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> One can tell sudo not to prompt for a password. I have the following
> lines in my sudoers file:
>
> Cmnd_Alias VPN=/root/pppd-cat.sh
> tunnel  ALL=NOPASSWD: VPN
>
> where 'tunnel' is a user on my computer.
>
> Adding the user to the cdrom group on Debian works (with kernel 2.6)
> since cd-writing can be done with the IDE drivers instead though the
> ide-scsi stuff. Making the device file world writable works
> too. xcdroast has an option to make the xcdroast binary setuid root
> (look at chmod).
>
> -Nathan
>
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 12:40:25PM -0400, Dan Monjar wrote:
> > --On Sunday, September 14, 2003 10:44:51 PM -0400 Ken Wahl
> >
> > <ken at kenwahl.org> wrote:
> > >>How do I make gtoaster available to a use on Redhat 9?  It is so
> > >>annoyiing  to have to
> > >>enter the root password to use the CD burner.
> > >
> > >With sudo?
> >
> > then he'll be annoyed entering in his user password <grin>.... maybe
> > setting the perms on the cd device to world writeable?
> >
> > --
> > Dan
> >
> >
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Although I do not have the expertise to describe what you must do, when I got 
 my last Mandrake system installed I asked the installer to make it possible 
for me to be able to access the very program you mentioned without using the 
root password.  It has been some time ago but I believe he just changed the 
permissions for just that program. In my humble opinion, I don't understand 
why someone should have to use a root password to burn a disk, as long as 
that's the only thing that can be done remotely via the web. So I'd suggest 
you just get the permissions for that program changed. I've had no problems 
at all on my desktop (I'm not a "server-fan" yet). --- Al Johnson.