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khazdar

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From: ohio

Registered: 2003-11-06

Posts: 123

user mounting cdrom

How do I make it so that my user can mount and umount the cdrom? I dont want to become root to mount and umount.

Thanks
-Khaz

i3839

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Registered: 2004-02-04

Posts: 1,185

Re: user mounting cdrom

Use something like:

/dev/cdroms/cdrom0  /mnt/cdrom  iso9660   noauto,ro,users   0 0

Can also use 'user' instead of users, only difference is that all users can unmount it when you use 'users'. See the mount manpage for more info.

Dusty

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From: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Registered: 2004-01-18

Posts: 5,986

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Re: user mounting cdrom

Specifically, the line i3839 quoted should go in the /etc/fstab file.  man fstab will give you a little extra info too.

Dusty

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khazdar

Member

From: ohio

Registered: 2003-11-06

Posts: 123

Re: user mounting cdrom

Thanks for the help. Got my user account mounting the cd.

-Khaz

tmadhavan

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From: Wales :D

Registered: 2004-03-26

Posts: 441

Re: user mounting cdrom

I found I could just set up a link to my CDROM/DVD device on the desktop (KDE) and mount/unmount from there. Still can't do it from command line though, so I'll probably end up adding to my fstab eventually.

Just thought I'd mention it as a (perhaps) easier solution for a novice user, e.g. me, heh.

Cyas.