This will be obvious, but I can't see the difference: I've got two debian machines -- one is "bumby" and the other is "burn". "burn" needs root access to read the ide-scsi cdrom where "bumby" will work as a normal user:
here's on bumby where it works: moseley@bumby:~$ ls -l /dev/cdrom /dev/sr0 /dev/scd0 /usr/bin/cdparanoia lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Mar 28 2002 /dev/cdrom -> scd0 brw-rw---- 1 root audio 11, 0 Jan 24 2002 /dev/scd0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Feb 21 2002 /dev/sr0 -> scd0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 31336 Mar 15 2002 /usr/bin/cdparanoia moseley@bumby:/dev$ groups audio adm src moseley@bumby:/dev$ cdparanoia -vsQ ... Table of contents (audio tracks only): track length begin copy pre ch =========================================================== 1. 12692 [02:49.17] 0 [00:00.00] no no 2 Now, the same look on "burn" where it doesn't work without root: moseley@burn:~$ ls -l /dev/cdrom /dev/sr0 /dev/scd0 /usr/bin/cdparanoia lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3 Nov 17 14:51 /dev/cdrom -> sr0 brw-rw---- 1 root audio 11, 0 Mar 14 2002 /dev/scd0 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4 Nov 17 14:48 /dev/sr0 -> scd0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 31336 Mar 15 2002 /usr/bin/cdparanoia moseley@burn:~$ groups moseley adm cdrom audio src moseley@burn:~$ cdparanoia -vsQ cdparanoia III release 9.8 (March 23, 2001) ... No cdrom drives accessible to moseley found. But if I run in root: burn:/home/moseley# cdparanoia -vsQ cdparanoia III release 9.8 (March 23, 2001) (C) 2001 Monty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and Xiphophorus Verifying CDDA command set... Expected command set reads OK. Table of contents (audio tracks only): track length begin copy pre ch =========================================================== 1. 12692 [02:49.17] 0 [00:00.00] no no 2 Thanks -- Bill Moseley mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]