Did you add yourself to the group cdrom?
On October 2, 2025 7:44:15 AM PDT, Timothy M Butterworth <[email protected]> wrote: >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/ >⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀
