Cannot mount /media/cdrecorder from non root user accounts...

[sean04]

How can I have my non-root accounts be able to mount and umount /media/cdrecorder ( as well as /media/TRAVELDRIVE)?

Currently, I can mount and umount only from root. I want to be able to do this from any user account.

[reiko]

Edit your sudoers file.......

#visudo

and under the "# User privilege specification" add an entry

username ALL=(ALL) ALL

and then when you want to mount/unmount

sudo /bin/mount devicename mountpoint

Have a happy day!!!!!

[Freston]

Which distro? User access to CD-ROM is usually enabled. Have you tried mounting it under another directory, such as /mnt/cdrom?

For mounting your external drive, you need the target directory /media/TRAVELDRIVE to exist. I assume you have created it? Then it must also be put in /etc/fstab that you have permission to mount that drive in that directory. Many times a pre-made directory exists where a user can mount external drives. But if you step away from the defaults you have to add this to fstab.


What I do is edit /etc/fstab to have something like this:

# CDROM, CDWRITER, DVD
/dev/cdrom      /mnt/cdrom      iso9660         users,noauto,ro
/dev/cdwriter   /mnt/cdwriter   iso9660         users,noauto,ro
/dev/dvd        /mnt/dvd        iso9660         users,noauto,ro

# user added:
/dev/sda1       /mnt/disk       auto            users,noauto,rw

Just adjust the first two columns to your needs. You need to be root to do this. The beauty is that you don't need to be root when you mount, but also mounting gets easier. You can now just type <mount $device> or <mount $location> instead of <mount $device $filesystem $location>. Or do this the graphical way if you prefer. KwikDisk for example, if you run KDE.

[reiko]

Mr.Freston i followed as u said but now i am encountering access control problem.

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
/dev/hda8       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
/dev/hdd        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
/dev/hdc        /media/cdrom1   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
/dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0
#my new entry added for windows partition
/dev/hda1       /mnt/windows    ntfs    rw,user,noauto          0       0

and now the error message

ls: /mnt/windows/: Permission denied

So whats the solution for this now.

[oz]

How can I have my non-root accounts be able to mount and umount /media/cdrecorder ( as well as /media/TRAVELDRIVE)?

Currently, I can mount and umount only from root. I want to be able to do this from any user account.

Check your /etc/group file too, and make sure your users are in the proper group for using/burning with optical devices.

[Freston]

So whats the solution for this now.

Did you mount it by entering this?

mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows

Because that is a common error message. You'd think mount_2.12r would allow for that. But as it turns out, when specify both mountpoint _and_ device you bypass fstab and thus your permissions.

Luckily, you don't have to type more, but les:
mount /dev/hda1
---or---
mount /mnt/windows


It should work