On Thu, July 31 at  9:02 PM EDT
Robert Storey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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:
>
>  [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> eject
>  eject: unable to find or open device for: `cdrom'
>
>I took a look at the permissions for "eject":
>
>  [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> 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
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


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