Thus spake Peter Christensen: > I'm still learning about the basics of Linux, so please excuse a very > basic question: If I want to access a CD do I need to add a line to > /etc/fstab: > > /dev/cdrom /cd iso9660 ro,user,noauto,unhide > > and then under superuser type: > > mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom > > This is how I did it (I think!) before my hard drive crashed and I had > to replace it. Now that I've reloaded Linux I can't edit /etc/fstab > with emacs. Emacs works OK with a normal signon, but under SU I get the > following messages: > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key > emacs: Cannot connect to X server :0.0 > check the display environment variable or use "-d" > Also use the 'xhost' program to verify that it is set to permit > connections from your machine > > So... two questions: Do I always need to type the full mount command, > or is there a shortcut for this? And how can I get emacs to work under > Superuser?
It looks like your /etc/fstab is OK - you should be able to mount as a normal user - try mount /cd. That's what the 'user' in the 4th column means. As for the emacs problem, I'm out of my depth, at least without some more information (and probably then as well) - but - are you doing this in an X session? Are you running emacs or xemacs? This might help to sort things out with someone who knows more about this. I'm pretty new myself. Good luck, Steve
