CDROM ACCESS FROM A REDHAT USER ACCOUNT

[Lorenzo Prince]

Try adding a line similar to the following to your /etc/fstab.  According
to the manpage, this should work.

/dev/cdrom  /cd  iso9660  ro,user,noauto,unhide

Note that something like this should work for floppy drives as
well.  The key is the user option.  Also, instead of user, you can
use the users option to allow all users to umount the drive, rather
than only the user who mounted it.

Lorenzo

Avoid the Gates of Hell.  Use Linux
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Thomas D. Ward staggered into view and mumbled:

> Hi, the way I do it is I use sudo to mount and unmount drives. You'll need
> to edit the sudo configuration file to allow your user account user access
> to root commands.
> Another fix is to use su to briefly access root stuff, and then type exit to
> get out of su.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <mo.valli at bt.com>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 10:24 AM
> Subject: CDROM ACCESS FROM A REDHAT USER ACCOUNT
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Can someone please remind me how to enable cdrom access from a standard
> user
> > account on redhat?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Kind regards
> >
> > Mo.
> >
> >
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