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On Thursday 09 November 2006 15:10, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 13:30:36 +0530, Mrugesh Karnik wrote: |
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> > Yes, it works as root. I was just investigating ways to set that |
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> > only for growisofs. One way is to set it in /etc/profile, but |
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> > that'll affect all processes. I'll let you know when I find the |
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> > solution. One solution I can think of is to run ulimit followed by |
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> > growisofs in a subshell.. but the issue is with being root. I'll |
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> > let you know. |
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> This limit only applies to the root user, so the question becomes |
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> "why is K3b running growisofs as root?". Is growisofs suid? |
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ls -l $(which growisofs) |
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-rws--x--- 1 root burning 71888 2006-10-19 11:33 /usr/bin/growisofs |
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Apparently, it is. I suppose it is to do with avoiding issues with users |
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being in the proper group for burning the disks. |
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Mrugesh Karnik |
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