user two

k3b gives me a popup box saying that I need to run cdrecord as root. When
I click on the setup system permissions, a dialog box pops up asking for
the root password. I enter the password, and nothing happens. The system
permissions are being set with the kcmshell k3bsetup2 command, and when I
run that command from a console, I get a k3bsetup2 module not found. I
can't locate that module, but several source files are listed k3bsetup2.*

Anyone have any hints, pointers, similar problems, or you're on your own
advice or comments?

k3b runs fine without root permissions on cdrecord, but I'd like to fix
it without just telling the box not to bother me again. <g>


U2
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01:16:15 up 3 days, 8:52, 1 user, load average: 0.21, 0.62, 1.35
Linux 2.6.17-15

bit twister

You might try getting into the Mandriva Control Center, System, click
on the Users, double click user2, click Groups tab in popup, and check
cdrom and cdwriter group boxes. Click OK, and exit MCC.

logout of user2, then login again. Check what groups you are in via a
terminal. Do a groups to verify you see cdrom/cdwriter.

I know, I tried setting the cdrecord and found other errors.

user two

user2 is a member of cdrom and cdwriter.

I discovered that I'm not the only one with this problem.

http://k3b.plainblack.com/message-board/unable-to-start-k3bsetup2

The last 3 messages on the board say they fixed the problem on Debian
Etch and SUSE with the following commands:

Debian
sudo chmod 4711 /usr/bin/cdrdao /usr/bin/cdrecord.mmap /usr/bin/growisofs

SUSE
sudo chmod 4711 /usr/bin/wodim /usr/bin/cdrdao /usr/bin/growisofs
sudo chmod 4711 /usr/bin/wodim

I don't completely understand what they've done (4711), and I've not used
or setup sudo.

4 user id who the heck is 4?
7 owner permissions owner can read, write, execute
1 group permissions group can execute
1 world permissions world can execute

I've not seen 4 digit chmod before.

U2
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02:30:50 up 3 days, 10:07, 1 user, load average: 0.73, 1.13, 1.87
Linux 2.6.17-15

bit twister

what is the contents of
cat /etc/release


Have you used http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search in the
Mandriva group.

I do clean installs, and have yet to have your problem, after 10.x release of Mandrake.

You may find dinking with permissions can cause problems, or you will
notice they change back, thanks to msec - Mandriva Linux security tools


sudo is a tool to allow you to run root commands.

Those are a special set of permissions.


Click up that Home icon (Konqueror) and pick file in your account to
play with.

Right click it, Properties, Permissions, Advanced Permissions
and there are the Special bits. Change one, click OK, Ok

click up a terminal and do a
stat -c %a Your_file_here
to see which bit is which.

user two

Mandriva Linux release 2007.1 (Official) for i586

No, I've not had many problems where I needed to get some assistance.
<knock on wood>


This was a clean install. That k3b message was new to 1.0.3. I built it
from source

../configure
make clean make install

That's why I don't like to dink with permissions that I don't understand.


Are you trying to turn me into a *nix nerd? <g>

It would be a GoodThing(TM) if the gui box displayed the octal
permissions, too.

U2
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04:10:46 up 3 days, 11:48, 1 user, load average: 0.41, 1.26, 1.30
Linux 2.6.17-15

jim beard

man chmod

Briefly, the first digit of a 4-digit permissions deals
with setuserid (4), setgroupid (2), stickybit (1).

Cheers!

jim b.

--
UNIX is not user-unfriendly; it merely
expects users to be computer-friendly.

bit twister

Ok, same release as my _Production_ install.
Only thing I can think of is I might have click up a terminal
and ran k3b as root before using it as bittwister.
I never executed anything which changed permissions.


What I was trying to show you, not many people have complained about
your kind of problem on Mandriva.


Ok, now we know why just you having the problem.
I have installed 2008.0 Cooker and it
has k3b 1.0.3. I have not burnt anything yet. I will keep an eye out for
what I do first.

I did notice on 2007.1, k3b locked up the system waiting on dvd
eject/load during dvd verify on my system when burning my backup.

Hehehe, just giving fishing lessons to the lurkers.

gordon

Is there not a rpm for k3b 1.0.3 for your system? Yes, then use it. [snip]


Nope, just an informed user. One who can get what ones wants. Read welcome
to Ms Penguin's world.

user two

k3b works just fine, but I get the message box about running cdrecord as
root. Does locate k3bsetup2 get you any results? I get three hits:

/usr/lib/kde3/kcm_k3bsetup2.la -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root
/usr/lib/kde3/kcm_k3bsetup2.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root
/usr/share/applnk/Settings/System/k3bsetup2.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root

but the k3bsetup2 module can't be found.

Hmm, I found this in kcm_k3bsetup2.la

# Version information for kcm_k3bsetup2.
current=0
age=0
revision=0

Is that odd?


I've not noticed that, but when I set something to burn, I usually get up
and go do something else.


so now you admit to trolling? <g>

Thank you for all of your input!

U2
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09:26:23 up 3 days, 22:06, 1 user, load average: 0.59, 0.79, 0.71
Linux 2.6.17-15mdv

bit twister

And what I have been trying to get across is I do not get the message box.

Does locate k3bsetup2 get you any results? I get three hits:

Not in 2007.1 or 2008.0

Not hardly, trolling is casting out flame bait. :-P