On Thu, Oct 2, 2025 at 3:07 AM Thomas Schmitt <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > > I am trying to burn a data CD with K3b and I keep receiving the following > > error messages: > > cdrecord has no permission to open the device. > > I am astonished that K3B from Debian tries to use cdrecord. > Shouldn't it try to use wodim ? > What do you get from: > > ls -l /usr/bin/cdrecord > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Nov 15 2024 /usr/bin/cdrecord -> wodim > > The problem with cdrecord is old and widespread. > People usually solved it by running K3B as superuser, or by setting the > setuid bit by chmod +s, or by finding the mentioned K3B settings. > See for example > https://askubuntu.com/questions/287308/k3b-cdrecord-has-no-permission > > It should be possible to replace cdrecord/wodim by cdrskin for the jobs > of data CD and audio CD recording. > That would be done in the settings where the binary helpers are chosen. > Eons ago that menu window was called "Setup External Programs" where > the binaries settings were accessible via button "Programs". > Currently the program in charge is probably "/usr/bin/cdrecord". > > > > tmb@hppavilion:~$ ls -l /dev/sr0 > > brw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Oct 1 20:15 /dev/sr0 > > I assume that > > getfacl /dev/sr0 > > will reveil that your desktop user has rw-permission. > > > > I ran: > > tmb@hppavilion:~$ sudo chmod 4711 /usr/bin/wodim > > tmb@hppavilion:~$ sudo chmod 4711 /usr/bin/cdrdao > > and now it works. > > So your "cdrecord" is probably /usr/bin/wodim . > (Unclear whether by file link or by K3B configuration.) > > > Have a nice day :) > > Thomas > > -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀
