k3b

[David Curry]

Richard E Miles wrote:

>On Tue,  8 Feb 2005 03:14:52 -0500 (EST)
>Scott Ryan  wrote:
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>>How can I setup k3b so that I dont have to run it as root?
>>Currently I cannot burn anything unless i run 
>># kdesu k3b
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>>I know it must be some kind of permission issue on the device maybe, but how 
>>can I sort this?
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>>Many thanks.
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>What version of fedora core are you using? If it's FC2, there was a problem
>with the kernel for user level cd burning. You will have to be root to do it.
>That problem was fixed with FC3 kernels.
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With no knowledge of a FC2 kernel problem, I solved the problem of K3b 
insisting on a root user for CD writing.   Make sure cdrecord 
permissions are set to give users write privileges.  But then, I am the 
only user on my system.