CD-RW changes all to root

[Derek Broughton]

Peter Garrett wrote:

> On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 12:57:01 -0800
> NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> Fixed - it's now installed. Found the fix from:
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cdrkit/+bug/135254
>> 
>> and used:
>> $ sudo xcdroast -f /dev/cdrw
> 
> I'm puzzled - why are you running a cd burner as root ? (sudo)
> 
> I use wodim here, and never need to run it as root. The binary is not even
> setuid :

Well, if it's anything like k3b (and it probably is as they mostly use the
same low level tools), there are conflicting instructions about how to run
it.  You shouldn't need to run as root, but there are lots of pages on the
web saying you must.
-- 
derek