Thank you very much for your help and apologize for the cross-posting. When i launch ls -la /dev/cdrom /dev/cdwriter lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 mai 31 23:44 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/hdc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 jun 16 23:01 /dev/cdwriter -> /dev/scd0 and when i launch ls -la /dev/hdc /dev/scd0 brw------- 1 tanguy disk 22, 0 fév 23 22:02 /dev/hdc brw------- 1 tanguy disk 11, 0 fév 23 22:02 /dev/scd0 So all seems good at this step BUT K3B STILL GIVES ERROR BURNING AS USER .... Eric > On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 23:20:20 +0200 (CEST), eric tanguy wrote: > >> I made link /dev/cdwriter to /dev/scd0 and it works fine with >> cdrecord but the problem is using k3b because k3b automatically >> detect my burner in /dev/scd0 so the problem is the same ... no >> possibility to burn as user. I don't know how to force k3b to detect >> it as >> /dev/cdwriter. >> Any help ?? > > First of all, stop cross-posting to fedora-devel-list! This topic is > inappropriate on that list. > > When you log out all your local users and log back in, /dev/scd0 > should get proper ownership and permissions because of the link from > /dev/cdwriter. > > $ ls -la /dev/cdrom > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Jun 16 23:55 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/hdd > $ ls -la /dev/cdwriter > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 16 23:57 /dev/cdwriter -> /dev/scd0 > > $ ls -la /dev/hdd /dev/scd0 > brw------- 1 ms disk 22, 64 Sep 15 2003 /dev/hdd > brw------- 1 ms disk 11, 0 Sep 15 2003 /dev/scd0