Re: "eject" command only works for root

[fbottin@free.fr]

Quoting Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>:

> Dear all,
> 
> The "eject" command (which opens the CD tray) works as expected if I run
> it as root. But as a common user, typing "eject" on the command line
> brings up this error message:
> 
>   bob@sonic:~> eject
>   eject: unable to find or open device for: `cdrom'
> 
> I took a look at the permissions for "eject":
> 
>   bob@sonic:~> ls -l /usr/bin/eject
>   -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        14332 Apr 25  2001 /usr/bin/eject
> 
> Common users can mount/unmount the drive - this is from /etc/fstab:
> 
>    /dev/cdrom      /cdrom          iso9660 ro,user,noauto          0    
>   0
> 
> So I'm perplexed as to what is preventing common users from being able
> to open the drive with the "eject" command.
> 

Dear you,

Does the user have access to the device pointed by /dev/cdrom ? Usualy, the user
has to be a member of group "cdrom".

    Francois.