By default, Fedora Core 9 allow just “root” to use CD/DVD writer. It prevents access to CD/DVD RW+ device to non-root users. You can follow these steps to set write permission for a specific non-root user to write to CD/DVD RW+: Add the user into the “disk” group: groupmems -a tuanta -g disk Set groupContinue reading “Getting CD/DVD RW+ working with non-root users on Fedora Core 9”