Re: eject cdrom

2005-08-05 Thread David E. Fox
On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:30:10 -0700 (PDT) Enrique Morfin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument fwiw: sometimes I get that error and the cdrom ejects fine. what does 'eject -v /dev/cdrom' say (or other permutations of devices you can try)? It may includ

Re: eject cdrom

2005-07-22 Thread simply change
AybOwan! change(edit) your fstab file as shown as below, /dev/hdc    /media/cdrom    auto    ro,users,noauto,unhide,exec 0 0 now im going to explain above line meaning, o /dev/hdc u can check this by issuing this #ls /dev/cdrom -al o /media/cdrom o auto o ro = read only o use

Re: eject cdrom

2005-07-21 Thread j Mak
--- Enrique Morfin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Have you tried using "eject /dev/hdc" ? Is the cd > > mounted while you try to > > do this ? Have you tried ejecting the cd without > it > > being mounted? > > > The cd is umounted. > i have tried /dev/hdc, /cdrom, cdrom, /cdrom/, > /dev/cdrom,

Re: eject cdrom

2005-07-21 Thread p
On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 02:30:10PM -0700, Enrique Morfin wrote: > > Have you tried using "eject /dev/hdc" ? Is the cd > > mounted while you try to > > do this ? Have you tried ejecting the cd without it > > being mounted? > > > The cd is umounted. > i have tried /dev/hdc, /cdrom, cdrom, /cdrom/,

Re: eject cdrom

2005-07-21 Thread Enrique Morfin
> Have you tried using "eject /dev/hdc" ? Is the cd > mounted while you try to > do this ? Have you tried ejecting the cd without it > being mounted? > The cd is umounted. i have tried /dev/hdc, /cdrom, cdrom, /cdrom/, /dev/cdrom, and all with the same result: eject: unable to eject, last error:

Re: eject cdrom

2005-07-21 Thread Bill Day
gt; > > > as normal user: > > > > $eject cdrom > > eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument > > > > as root: > > > > #eject cdrom > > (ejects the cdrom without trouble) > > > > the owner and permisions: > > >

Re: eject cdrom

2005-07-21 Thread Jose Cedeno
ject, last error: Invalid argumentas root:#eject cdrom(ejects the cdrom without trouble) the owner and permisions:$ls -alh /dev/hdcbrw-rw  1 root burning 22, 0 2002-03-14 15:51/dev/hdc$iduid=1000(my_login) gid=50(staff)groups=0(root),12(man),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29(audio),33(www-data),50(staff),

Re: eject cdrom

2005-07-21 Thread p
On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 11:37:24AM -0700, Enrique Morfin wrote: > Hi! > > I have a problem ejecting cdrom > > as normal user: > > $eject cdrom > eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument > > as root: > > #eject cdrom > (ejects the cd

Re: eject cdrom

2005-07-21 Thread Kent West
Enrique Morfin wrote: >as normal user: > >$eject cdrom >eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument > >as root: > >#eject cdrom >(ejects the cdrom without trouble) > >the owner and permisions: > >$ls -alh /dev/hdc >brw-rw 1 root burning 22

eject cdrom

2005-07-21 Thread Enrique Morfin
Hi! I have a problem ejecting cdrom as normal user: $eject cdrom eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument as root: #eject cdrom (ejects the cdrom without trouble) the owner and permisions: $ls -alh /dev/hdc brw-rw 1 root burning 22, 0 2002-03-14 15:51 /dev/hdc $id uid=1000

Re: could not eject CDROM as a normal user: [solved]

2003-12-10 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 11:00:44PM -0500, H. S. wrote > >What I'd like would be a couple of commands to... > >a) list the groups a userID is currently a member of > > I may have got you wrong, but are you looking for: > $> groups > > >b) add the userID to one group, but not drop him from all ot

Re: could not eject CDROM as a normal user: [solved]

2003-12-08 Thread H. S.
Walter Dnes wrote: On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 06:36:19AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote Debian seems to require a lot of this, i.e. making user a member of cdrom, floppy, and audio (what else?). This raises a question for me, namely is there a group-management tool somewhere. I've read the Exactly

Re: could not eject CDROM as a normal user: [solved]

2003-12-08 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 06:36:19AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote > 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

Re: could not eject CDROM as a normal user: [solved]

2003-12-08 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 06:36:19AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 04:06:11AM -0500, H. S. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > 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

Re: could not eject CDROM as a normal user: [solved]

2003-12-08 Thread Karsten M. Self
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 &g

could not eject CDROM as a normal user: [solved]

2003-12-07 Thread H. S.
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