Re: CD writing in future Linux try #2 [ was: Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) ]

[Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>]

On Po 30-01-06 18:15:49, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> > > > 2) libscg or cdrecord aborts ATA: scans as soon as one device probe
> > > >    returns EPERM, which lets devices that resmgr made accessible
> > > >    disappear from the list.
> > > 
> > > looks like your memory does not last long enough......
> > > 
> > > We did already discuss this before. If you call cdrecord with
> > > apropriatr privileges, it works.
> >
> > Well, if you're freezing the bugs, I don't see how there could be
> > progress towards a non-root cdrecord on Linux.
> 
> There is no such bug in libscg.
> 
> There is nothing that has been freezed. 
> 
> If you have the apropriate privs to send SCSI commands to any SCSI device 
> on the system, you will not come across your problem.

Why should I need privs to talk to *any* SCSI device, when I want to
talk to just *one* SCSI device?

Yes, it is a missing feature in libscg. It requires priviledge to talk
to *any* device, while is only really needs to talk to *one* device.

[Imagine ls that only worked if it had priviledges for reading
/etc/shadow. That would surely be bug.]
								Pavel

-- 
Thanks, Sharp!
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