Gcmbust as non-root

[Tim Wunder]

On 5/22/2002 9:13 AM, someone claiming to be Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> Since xcdroast works, I would imagine that cdrecord itself has proper
> permissions. Still, I have to ask...
> 
> Mine are:
> 
>   -r-sr-sr-x  1 root  root 185948 Dec 13 13:55 /usr/bin/cdrecord
> 

-rws--x---   1  root  xcdwrite  265232 Apr 29 22:50 /usr/local/bin/cdrecord

> I had to do a 'chmod +s' myself. I don't care what the packages claim.
> It don't work for me without this.
> 

I'm a member of the xcdrwite group, sufficient for executing cdrecord with the perm's it has.

> What does 'cdrecord --scanbus' return when run as a non-root user?
> 

The right stuff (I'm not in position to copy and paste the output). 

Thanks, 
Tim