sudo addgroup $USER cdrom On Thursday 31 July 2003 14:02, Robert Storey wrote: > Dear all, > > 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. > > regards, > Robert
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