On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Felix Almeida wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I've been tried to allow the normal users in my system to mount a CD-ROM
> but with no success... I even put the following line in my /etc/fstab:
>
> /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 ro,noauto,user,unhide 0 0
>
> Where /dev/cdrom is a symbolic link to /dev/scd0. My /cdrom directory
> has the following permitions:
>
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Apr 11 10:23 /cdrom/
>
> The problem is that the users can mount the CD but cannot umount it! The
> "mount /cdrom" works fine but "umount /cdrom" gives the error message:
>
> umount: /cdrom mount disagrees with the fstab
>
> I don't know if this can make diference, but I have CD-ROM support as a
> module in the kernel (sr_mod and isofs).
>
> Please, help-me! :~(
>
>
> Thanks,
> Felix Almeida.
>
>
I've had something very similar. I have a SoundBlaster CD (old!) which
has a device name /dev/sbpcd. This is linked to /dev/cdrom.
The problem is that mount and umount cannot always follow links:
In /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab use this line
/dev/scd0 /cdrom iso9660 ro,noauto,user 0 0
^^^^
so you have the true device name: it works for me. Now, if I type mount
/cdrom as a user, there is a short wait as the module loads then I can cd
/cdrom and use any files, then umount /cdrom and the module unloads.
If no cdrom is mounted /cdrom is just an empty mount point and shows two
directories. ls -al shows:
drwxrwsr-x 2 root cdrom 1024 Sep 14 1995 .
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 1024 Apr 8 16:50 ..
Hope this helps,
Andy
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