SUID to cdrecord and cdrdao

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Tue May 22 13:09:32 UTC 2007


Adam Tkac wrote:

> I did some quick think about SUID bits to /usr/bin/cdrecord (wodim) and
> /usr/bin/cdrdao . I'm using k3b for burning and it always write warnings
> like cdrecord will be run with root privileges.

In modern times, k3b's warnings are harmless/bogus.  At worst, suid actually
makes things *worse*.

-- Rex




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