Re: only root can unmount
On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 04:23:18AM +0000, T o n g wrote:
> Ahhhh! Thanks a lot for the comment Sven. I find the real reason:
>
> tong@helios:~$ grep dvd /etc/fstab
> /dev/dvd /media/dvd auto users,noauto,exec,ro 0 0
^^^^^
> /dev/dvd /mnt/dvd auto user,noauto,exec,ro 0 0
> ^^^^
> tong@helios:~$ mount /media/dvd
>
> tong@helios:~$ umount /media/dvd && echo ok
> ok
>
> tong@helios:~$ mount /mnt/dvd
>
> tong@helios:~$ umount /mnt/dvd
> umount: only root can unmount /dev/dvd from /mnt/dvd
>
> I.e., the trick is not actually the name-du-jour of the DVD drive, but
> the mount point -- under /mnt, no; under /media yes.
Why the 2 "/dev/dvd" entries? Pick one, but make sure the entry has
"users" not "user" :)
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Chris.
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