Mount CD rom in account other than root

[Marinus]

Hi,

is there a way that you can mount the CD-ROM in other accounts?
I have made several, but right now I can only listen to CD's when I'm root.

Hope you can help!

Marinus.

[bidi]

You need to append /etc/fstab. It is probably already setup, you just don't know it is yet. The SlackBook has a brief description on how to get it working, and you can check the fstab man page ("man fstab") to configure it properly. Basically, what you're doing is allowing users to mount /dev/cdrom in /mnt/cdrom (that's the default cdrom mount point in Slack).

[drakebasher]

Can you post the line in your /etc/fstab file that has your CDROM? I think maybe all you need is "users" to be included in the "options" column.

[Marinus]

Hi,

here's the fstab contents.

/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,owner,ro 0 0

Thanks for the hints, I didn't even know about this file.

Marinus,

[bidi]

/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,owner,ro 0 0

Exchange "owner" to "users".

Then, when you need to mount it, just type "mount /mnt/cdrom" and it'll mount it there.

[chopin1810]

I see... I was having the same problem

[Marinus]

Ok,

I'll try right away.
In man fstab is says user.
Is that something else?

[bidi]

In man fstab is says user.

Go ahead an use "user" and not "users".

[Marinus]

marinus@host:~$ mount /mnt/cdrom
mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and none was specified

hmmmm ..

Any ideas??
And does this all mean that I have to add /mnt/cdrom (in whatever form) to rc.local?

Thx..

[drakebasher]

Ok,

I'll try right away.
In man fstab is says user.
Is that something else?

My understanding of the difference between "user" and "users" is that with "user", only the user who mounted the filesystem is able to umount it, while with "users", any user can umount.