Using Disk Utility to backup SD cards

Does anyone have any idea how to allow non-admin users to backup entire SD cards using Disk Utility on Mavericks? It now asks for an admin login and I cannot go round logging in every time one of the 300+ students here wants to back up their card after shooting some footage. There is a thread on the Mountain Lion board about this but the solution there was to edit etc/authorization but that no longer works in Mavericks as it is now all on an SQL database.
I have found the similar item within the SQL (security authorizationdb read sys.openfile.) but cannot change it (it returns NO (-60005) when I try to write to that section)
Cheers
Neil

Hi Tom,
Of course, that makes perfect sense! When I made my last disk image backup, my PowerBook had a serious, undiagnosed problem and I had booted from the startup disk to have a current backup of everything before I sent it off for repair.
Thanks for your help.
Rick

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