[Lancaster] Another thought about CD burning

Ken Hough kenhough at uklinux.net
Mon Jul 26 11:11:44 BST 2004


Andy Baxter wrote:
> why not just use xcdroast, run as a single fullscreen app like people are 
> saying? It has some root config options to  prevent users from doing various 
> things, like changing the image directory. So just set all these to 
> forbidden, and set up two default image directories; one with the preloaded 
> isos in, which is set to read-only, and one which is exported via nfs for 
> people to save their own isos to, which is set to read-write, but is 
> automatically deleted when files are older than a week or so.
> 
> Then if someone wants to burn a preloaded iso, they just go to the machine, 
> choose 'write tracks', and choose the iso to burn; if they want to burn 
> something they have downloaded, then they save it to the 'burn' directory 
> first, and then go to the burner machine.
> 
>
Seems like a practical way to go.

Ken Hough





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