[TriLUG] cdrecord as non-root user

[Reginald Reed]

Doug,

I believe at one point I make cdrecord setuid root and it worked great.  I'm
not sure if it comes out of the box, but you could try:

chmod 4755 `which cdrecord`

Try to run it as a regular user, something like cdrecord --scanbus

--Reggie

trilug-bounces at trilug.org wrote:
> Hi All-
> 
> I want to setup a box so that non-root users can use cdrecord.  The
> only reasonable method I've been able to find so far is to give
> specific suers 'sudo' privileges.  Is this the only/easiest option?
> I'd prefer if normal users did not have permissions which would enable
> them to edit whatever they feel necessary when they feel like it.
> 
> Thanks,
> Doug