Julian, It must be related to what security setting you use. On both a Mandrake 7.2 and an 8.1 box, I have a cdrom group listed.
Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems & Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 10:47 PM 01/01/2002 -0600, you wrote: >Well I don't even have a cdrom group, and I assure you I can access the >device perfectly well as a regular user. > >julian. >================== >At 07:24 PM 1/1/02 -0600, you wrote: >>Gerald, >> >>This is actually further restricted, because user(s) mounting / umounting >>the CDROM must be in the 'cdrom' group. This also applies to the floppy. >>In order to mount / umount the floppy drive, you must be in the floppy group. >> >>Michael >> >>-- >>Michael Viron >>Registered Linux User #81978 >>Senior Systems & Administration Consultant >>Web Spinners, University of West Florida >> >>At 01:58 PM 01/01/2002 -0500, you wrote: >> >On Tuesday 01 January 2002 01:34 pm, Julian Opificius wrote: >> >> If I understand that what you're asking for is for multiple users to be >> >> able to mount and unmount CD-ROMS, then you must change "user" to "users" >> >> in fstab. >> >> See man mount. >> >> >> > >> >using "users" will allow any user to umount the filesystem >> >> >using "user" allows any user to mount the filesystem but only the user that >> >mounted the filesystem to umount it. >> > >> >Which sounds like a good idea! >> > >> >Gerald >> > >> >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >> >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >> > >> >>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > >============================== >Julian A. Opificius. >802 Fawn Road, Elk River, MN 55330. >Home: 763.441.1291, Cell: 763.360.5919 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 3268206 >============================== > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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