Re: [newbie] no permission to mount cdrom
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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] no permission to mount cdrom
Michael, Actually it's more than that ... When I looked at the behavior of CD-ROM access my system, it didn't occur to me until after I'd sent the email that I had my Red Hat 7.2 installation up ! Sorry about that :-) j. = At 10:13 AM 1/2/02 -0600, you wrote: 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 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
Re: [newbie] no permission to mount cdrom
On Tuesday 01 January 2002 17:49, you wrote: Hello, I can't seem to figure out why my cdrom is unaccessable from my sub user accounts. Because its a removable disk how to I change the permissions? I've tried changing my /mnt/cdrom/ link. here is my fstab /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 I can reach it from root.. thank you. chris Try adding 'cdrom' to the 'groups' of the specific users through 'Userdrake' Good luck, Harm Bathoorn Happy Linux-bikers can be recognized by the dead 'KDE-bugs' on their teeth. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] no permission to mount cdrom
On Tuesday 01 January 2002 11:49 am, chris huston wrote: Hello, I can't seem to figure out why my cdrom is unaccessable from my sub user accounts. Because its a removable disk how to I change the permissions? I've tried changing my /mnt/cdrom/ link. here is my fstab /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 my fstab entry is below: (and a user can mount the cdrom) /dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 The only diff I see is that hdb instead of hdc The cdrom is normally hdb where hdc is normally a harddrive I used mount /mnt/cdrom and it mounts. Only the user that mounts it can umount it. Gerald Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] no permission to mount cdrom
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. julian. At 01:30 PM 1/1/02 -0500, you wrote: On Tuesday 01 January 2002 11:49 am, chris huston wrote: Hello, I can't seem to figure out why my cdrom is unaccessable from my sub user accounts. Because its a removable disk how to I change the permissions? I've tried changing my /mnt/cdrom/ link. here is my fstab /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 my fstab entry is below: (and a user can mount the cdrom) /dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 The only diff I see is that hdb instead of hdc The cdrom is normally hdb where hdc is normally a harddrive I used mount /mnt/cdrom and it mounts. Only the user that mounts it can umount it. Gerald 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
Re: [newbie] no permission to mount cdrom
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
Re: [newbie] no permission to mount cdrom
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
Re: [newbie] no permission to mount cdrom
On Tuesday 01 January 2002 08:24 pm, Michael Viron 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. Yes, I see, it seems that my users are being automagically added to the cdrom group, but are not so added to the floppy group? Gerald Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
