Re: "eject" command only works for root
On Thu, July 31 at 9:02 PM EDT
Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> wrote:
>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.
What about permissions for the device? Are you in its group?
Shawn Lamson
shawn.lamson@verizon.net
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