[KLUG Members] Re: cdrecord of iso image

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 23:05, Rusty Yonkers wrote:
> Hey that worked great!

cdrecord, like most UNIX utilities, will NOT make assumptions on which
device you want to use.  Hence why you needed at least the "dev="
option.

Assuming programs are what make Windows "easy to use" as well as "easy
to crash/compromise."

> I did get an error the first time but figured out from that
> I needed to be root for that to work

Of course.  UNIX, unlike Windows (even Win/NT in many cases), does not
assume just anyone has access to any hardware/devices by default.

> (although I am assuming there is something in security that I could
> do to change that - maybe a sudo?).

Of course, sudo is great for doing such.

> Often all I need is an example of what worked to get me moving in
> the right direction. 

The "sudoers" config file is well documented:
  man 5 sudoers

> I wish the man pages would include one or two examples.
> It would help tremendously!!

About a full 1/3rd of the sudoers man page _is_ examples!

Or did you just pull up the "sudo" man page and NOT bother to look at
the "SEE ALSO" section at the bottom (let alone miss the fact that the
"sudoers" file is mentioned all over the sudo man page)?

-- Bryan

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