Perhaps editing your /etc/fstab file might help (after making a backup copy first). The line in my file for the CD-ROM drive is as follows: /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 Note, this was done automatically on a new installation of LM8.0 just the other day and works fine. I also have rwx for all three groups with User=Root, Group=Root and I have added myself to the "cdrom" group (maybe I'm supposed to change the /mnt/cdrom group to cdrom but I haven't and it works fine like I said). A month or so ago, I was having similar problems and edited my /etc/fstab file to something similar to yours (with suid=501,exec) but it didn't work. Also I've seen mentioned a few times by Civileme and others that supermount doesn't work with some kernels and that it should be disabled with something like [root@localhost skinky]# supermount -i #guessing from memory I'm using 2.4.3-20mdk and I haven't disabled supermount - its seems to be working OK. If this doesn't help, hopefully someone with more knowledge will help you. Best of luck. skinky On Tuesday 04 September 2001 00:51, you wrote: > skinky, > > I tried what you suggested, but to no avail. My /etc/fstab file is > shown below for reference. for my CDROM device, all access permissions > are checked (all 12 boxes) and the owner ship is User: root Group: > root. however, even my root user cannot use the drive... here is the > contents of my fstab file, thanks for all help! > > /dev/hda3/ ext2 defaults 1 1 > none/dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount user, exec, dev, suid, rw, fs=iso9660 0 > 0 /mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount fs=iso9660, dev=/dev/cdrom2 0 0 > /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat, dev=/dev/sda 0 0 > /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat user, exec, umask=0, > codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 > /mnt/zip /mnt/zip supermount fs=vfat, dev=/dev/zip 0 0 > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > /dev/hda2 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > > > From: skinky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Joe Brault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: [newbie] access permissions, please help > >Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 19:24:33 +1200 > > > >On Monday 03 September 2001 11:13, you wrote: > > > Hello again, > > > > > > I'm trying to access my CD-Rom drive to install some items... > > > but it says I don't have access rights to the drive... I am logged > > > in as root and still I cannot access the drive; same message. Can > > > someone direct me to where I can change these settings please? I am > > > using Linux Mandrake 8.0. Thanks in advance! > > > > > > - Joe :) > > > >You could try adding yourself (user) to the "cdrom" group in Userdrake > >(KMenu > Configuration > Userdrake). While you're there, you might also > >consider adding yourself to groups such as floppy, cdwriter, pppusers, > >etc. That should work. > > > >If you're still having problems, try posting the contents of your > >/etc/fstab file and the permissions on /mnt/cdrom. Good luck. > > > >skinky _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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