Bug#281759: general: Cannot 'eject' a CDROM as normal user

[Leszek Koltunski <leszek@serwer.3miasto.net>]

Package: general
Severity: important

Hello,

as a normal user, I can mount my cdrom, but I cannot eject it:

# eject /cdrom
eject: unable to open `/dev/cdrom'

As root, I can eject the CDROM all right.

Furthermore, I just tracked the problem down: it is due to /dev/hdc's
group ownership by 'disk'. Changing that to 'cdrom' seems to remedy
the situation.

Other people also had the same problem, please take a look at

http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/12/msg03445.html


So, the question is: why is /dev/hdc owned by 'disk' in Sarge? Does it
have to be so for some reason? If not, I'd suggest to change that to
'cdrom' as it seems to help with ejecting...

best,

Leszek

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