Michael, Actually it's more than that ...
When I looked at the behavior of CD-ROM access my system, it didn't occur to me until after I'd sent the email that I had my Red Hat 7.2 installation up ! Sorry about that :-) j. ===================== At 10:13 AM 1/2/02 -0600, you wrote: >Julian, > >It must be related to what security setting you use. On both a Mandrake >7.2 and an 8.1 box, I have a cdrom group listed. > >Michael > >-- >Michael Viron >Registered Linux User #81978 >Senior Systems & Administration Consultant >Web Spinners, University of West Florida > >At 10:47 PM 01/01/2002 -0600, you wrote: > >Well I don't even have a cdrom group, and I assure you I can access the > >device perfectly well as a regular user. > > > >julian. > >================== > >At 07:24 PM 1/1/02 -0600, you wrote: > >>Gerald, > >> > >>This is actually further restricted, because user(s) mounting / umounting > >>the CDROM must be in the 'cdrom' group. This also applies to the floppy. > >>In order to mount / umount the floppy drive, you must be in the floppy >group. > >> > >>Michael > >> > >>-- > >>Michael Viron > >>Registered Linux User #81978 > >>Senior Systems & Administration Consultant > >>Web Spinners, University of West Florida > >> > >>At 01:58 PM 01/01/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >> >On Tuesday 01 January 2002 01:34 pm, Julian Opificius wrote: > >> >> If I understand that what you're asking for is for multiple users to be > >> >> able to mount and unmount CD-ROMS, then you must change "user" to >"users" > >> >> in fstab. > >> >> See man mount. > >> >> > >> > > >> >using "users" will allow any user to umount the filesystem > >> > >> >using "user" allows any user to mount the filesystem but only the user >that > >> >mounted the filesystem to umount it. > >> > > >> >Which sounds like a good idea! > >> > > >> >Gerald > >> > > >> >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >> >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > >> > > >> > >>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > >============================== > >Julian A. Opificius. > >802 Fawn Road, Elk River, MN 55330. > >Home: 763.441.1291, Cell: 763.360.5919 > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 3268206 > >============================== > > > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com ============================== Julian A. Opificius. 802 Fawn Road, Elk River, MN 55330. Home: 763.441.1291, Cell: 763.360.5919 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 3268206 ==============================
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