IDvd Error Burning on Managed Computer

I've looked all over the universe for an answer, please help! Students log in to my iMacs to edit digital video. They are on a managed network (workgroup manager) so I can limit what apps they can use. Anyway, if they create a dvd project and try to burn (all files are stored locally--the edited video from FC Express and the iDvd project file itself), it ejects the dvd and tells us "there was an error burning the dvd". If I log them out, log in as administrator, and create a new project in iDvd and import their finalized movie they made in Express, it burns awesome. What gives? I know it is related to permissions and stuff, but I am not finding a thing. I create local folders that the kids have rights to and we have tons of HD space.
Thanks.
Jeff

By boot disk, do you mean that the idvd project has to be saved to the root of the mac hd?
The iDVD project file doesn't need to be at the root level, but the version of iDVD doing the encoding/multiplexing needs to be operating at the root level. I guess this means you would have to do the actual encoding/multiplexing from your account.
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I just found this: http://sweb.uky.edu/SystemsLabs/docs/idvd.html that says "Both iDVD and DVD Studio Pro use large amounts of scratch disk space to create temporary files needed to burn a DVD. These temporary files are created on the same volume as the project files, so if your files are stored in your account, the program may be unable to burn your disk."
These temporary files are created on the same volume as the project files is a little different than I understood, please read the article and please let me know if it helps.
F Shippey
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