k3b: cdrecord will be run without root privileges

[Steven Pasternak]

Paul Smith wrote:
> On 7/30/06, Paul Smith <phhs80 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> When I start k3b, I get a warning message saying:
>>
>> «cdrecord will be run without root privileges
>> It is highly recommended to configure cdrecord to run with root
>> privileges. Only then cdrecord runs with high priority which increases
>> the overall stability of the burning process. Apart from that it
>> allows changing the size of the used burning buffer. A lot of user
>> problems could be solved this way. This is also true when using SuSE's
>> resmgr.
>> Solution: Use K3bSetup to solve this problem.»
>>
>> How can I solve that? I have tried
>>
>> $K3bSetup
>> bash: K3bSetup: command not found
>> $
>>
>> and
>>
>> $ k3bsetup
>> bash: k3bsetup: command not found
>> $
>
> Solved meanwhile with:
>
> chmod 4711 /usr/bin/cdrecord
>
> Paul
>
Why???????? That is only needed on linux < 2.6.9 (FC1-FC2). On the newer 
(FC3+) versions, cdrecord only needs normal privileges. That is why 
k3bsetup is gone; it doesn't apply to Fedora anymore (unless you are on 
FC1 or FC2; not recommended).
-Steven