From: sgn <sgn@users.noreply.github.com>
To: ml@inbox.vuxu.org
Subject: Re: [PR PATCH] [Merged]: cdrtools: set capabilities
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:11:53 +0200 [thread overview]
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There's a merged pull request on the void-packages repository
cdrtools: set capabilities
https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/37640
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Some programs of the `cdrtools` suite require certain special privileges to function properly - installing the `cdrtools` package from the Void repository, I'm not able to use for instance the `cdrecord` command obtaining "insufficient privileges" errors. It makes sense to me that it should be possible to use these commands as a normal user without requiring root access.
To achieve this without having to make the respective binaries SUID, [it is recommended](http://cdrtools.sourceforge.net/private/cdrecord.html) to make use of Linux capabilities. I have used the settings published in the [release notes](https://sourceforge.net/projects/cdrtools/files/AN-3.01/view) of `cdrtools` which is also what [Arch Linux does](https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-community/blob/packages/cdrtools/trunk/cdrtools.install). The programs should be capabilities-aware and should drop the relevant privileges as soon as they are not needed anymore - some relevant discussion can be found [here](https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/67265) and [here](https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=550021).
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2022-06-22 14:09 [PR PATCH] " balejk
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