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#1 2008-04-21 11:04:45

synthead
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Registered: 2006-05-09
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Screwy dvd permission issues

I popped a DVD into my computer that I would like to read from.  An icon came up for it on my XFCE desktop, and I double-clicked on it.  It said that /mnt/dvd doesn't exist.  Weird?  Oh well, I create /mnt/dvd.  I double-click on it again, and it gives me a box that reads: Failed to open directory "dvd".  Permission denied.  If I run "sudo thunar", I can access the DVD like I should be able to.  All the CDs I've used work, how is a DVD different?  What can I do to allow my regular user to read data DVDs?  Isn't HAL supposed to put newly mounted devices in the /media directory instead of /mnt anyway?

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#2 2008-04-21 23:17:52

tofu
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Registered: 2008-02-26
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Re: Screwy dvd permission issues

Look in your /etc/fstab file and add the iso9660 to it like so...


/dev/dvd /mnt/dvd   udf,iso9660   ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0


yeah, it seem strange that I would have to do this, but it works now. Or at least that is what I did and it worked for me.

Last edited by tofu (2008-04-21 23:18:47)

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#3 2008-04-21 23:51:54

synthead
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Re: Screwy dvd permission issues

I added iso9660 to the /dev/dvd entry but I'm still getting permission denied errors when I try to read the DVD.  It mounts from the regular user though.

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#4 2008-04-22 02:05:12

tesjo
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Registered: 2007-11-30
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Re: Screwy dvd permission issues

I have run into permission errors like you describe. I find it best to comment out the /dev/cdrom and /dev/dvd in fstab and just let HAL take care of it.

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#5 2008-04-22 07:15:19

synthead
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Registered: 2006-05-09
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Re: Screwy dvd permission issues

I commented out those lines in /etc/fstab but I am still getting the permission denied error.  tongue  I'm in every group related to this problem from what I can see too.

Last edited by synthead (2008-04-22 07:24:01)

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#6 2008-04-22 13:34:36

floke
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Registered: 2007-09-04
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Re: Screwy dvd permission issues

Definitely in the optical group, right?
(just checking - I had a similar thing at the weekend).

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#7 2008-04-22 20:16:13

synthead
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Re: Screwy dvd permission issues

Yeah tongue

[max@pwn ~]$ groups
tty disk lp wheel log locate hal video audio optical storage camera power users max vboxusers

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#8 2008-09-19 17:49:39

synthead
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Re: Screwy dvd permission issues

Old post, but, bump.

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#9 2008-09-19 20:34:36

brebs
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Registered: 2007-04-03
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Re: Screwy dvd permission issues

You're using "user" instead of "users" in fstab.

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