On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 12:19:41PM +0100, Lukas Ruf wrote: > Dear all, > > very strange to me I have problems umounting a previously mounted > device. I make use of unstable. > > The output is: > komsys-pc-lr:~!75> mount > rootfs on / type rootfs (rw) > /dev/root on / type ext3 (rw) > proc on /proc type proc (rw) > devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw) > /dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw) > /dev/hda3 on /var type ext3 (rw) > /dev/hda5 on /home type ext3 (rw) > /dev/hda6 on /www type ext3 (rw) > /dev/hda7 on /scratch type ext3 (rw) > usbdevfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw) > none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) > komsys-pc-lr:~!76> mount /cdrom > komsys-pc-lr:~!77> umount /cdrom > umount: only root can unmount /dev/cdrom from /cdrom > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > komsys-pc-lr:~!78> ls -l /bin/*mount* > -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 72488 Oct 7 17:46 /bin/mount* > -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 36680 Oct 7 17:46 /bin/umount* > > > Does anyone know why and how I can solve this problem?
What are the permissions on /dev/cdrom (or more precisely: the device file that /dev/cdrom is a symlink to)? Do you have read/write permissions to it? -- Karl E. Jørgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://karl.jorgensen.com ==== Today's fortune: Under every stone lurks a politician. -- Aristophanes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]