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#1 2004-10-30 19:32:33

Win
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Registered: 2004-03-04
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kernel 2.6.9 and K3B user problem redux

Hi all.

It would appear that user/root permissions issues seen with kernel 2.6.8 have returned to K3B with kernel 2.6.9. Using exactly the same setup as before upgrading to kernel 2.6.9, I found as a regular user that I could not erase or write CD-RWs. As root I could.

My "solution": sudo k3b

Regards,

Win

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#2 2004-10-30 21:43:35

LB06
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Registered: 2003-10-29
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Re: kernel 2.6.9 and K3B user problem redux

Yes I've read this complaint on several website/fora. I, however, do not have and never had a problem with burning. I also use k3b btw.

My rule in udev.permissions:

hd*:root:users:660

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#3 2004-10-31 17:36:44

Win
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Re: kernel 2.6.9 and K3B user problem redux

Hi LB06.

I've had the udev.permissions set as:

hda:root:cdrom:660
hdd:root:cdrom:660

The user is a member of the cdrom group. This worked using udev for kernel 2.6.8.  It doesn't work for 2.6.9, however.

Regards,

Win

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#4 2004-11-07 18:02:44

alkat
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Re: kernel 2.6.9 and K3B user problem redux

Win wrote:

My "solution": sudo k3b

apart from this "solution" isn't there a real solution?

i have the same problem, since i upgrade to kernel 2.6.9-ARCH, i can only burn cd's as root... i don't use k3b a lot so it's not a real problem, but still i'd like to find a solution...

any clue as to where to start looking?

thanx,
.a.

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#5 2004-11-07 18:18:59

Mr Green
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Re: kernel 2.6.9 and K3B user problem redux

chmod -s /path/to/cdrecord

HTH


Mr Green

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#6 2004-11-07 19:32:12

alkat
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Re: kernel 2.6.9 and K3B user problem redux

Mr Green wrote:
chmod -s /path/to/cdrecord

HTH

could you be a little more... verbose?

thanks,
.a.

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#7 2004-11-07 19:34:42

Mr Green
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Re: kernel 2.6.9 and K3B user problem redux

alkat wrote:

could you be a little more... verbose?

meaning?


Mr Green

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#8 2004-11-07 19:43:57

alkat
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Re: kernel 2.6.9 and K3B user problem redux

Mr Green wrote:
alkat wrote:

could you be a little more... verbose?

meaning?

you know, like the option to some commads: -v

i'd like to know what the chmod -s thing you posted does

.a.



[sorry: i'm too tired to speak english today...]

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#9 2004-11-07 20:51:15

IceRAM
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Re: kernel 2.6.9 and K3B user problem redux

Removes the SUID bit of the executable.

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#10 2004-11-07 20:56:28

alkat
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Registered: 2004-10-16
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Re: kernel 2.6.9 and K3B user problem redux

IceRAM wrote:

Removes the SUID bit of the executable.

how do you restore it?

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