on Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 04:06:11AM -0500, H. S. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Earlier, I couldn't eject my CDROM as a normal user by using the "eject" > command. I could mount it though. I could but eject the CDROM as root. I > used to get: > $> eject /cdrom > eject: unable to open `/dev/cdrom' > > > The problem was the group owner ship of my cdrom(it is linked to > /dev/hdc in my case): > > earlier: > usr/src# ls -l /dev/hdc > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 22, 0 Mar 14 2002 /dev/hdc > > Then, (thanks to: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2000/debian-user-200012/msg04202.html > where it is suggested *NEVER* to make a normal user a member of the > 'disk' group), I changed it to: > /usr/src# chown root:cdrom /dev/hdc > /usr/src# ls -l /dev/hdc > brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 22, 0 Mar 14 2002 /dev/hdc > > And I am already a member of 'cdrom' group. Now I can use the eject the > command as a normal user to open/close the CD tray. > > HTH somebody, since I don't recall getting a satisfactory answer when I > asked this earlier a few weeks ago. > regards,
Yes, this is the correct fix. The reason not to make a normal user a member of the disk group is that this generally gives read *and* write access to the raw disk device itself. This is a really good way to utterly destroy your data. 'cdrom' by contrast is generally read-only. Far less harm possible. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? A guide to GNU/Linux backups: http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/backups.html
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