Re: "eject" command only works for root

From: Paul Brossier (piem-lists_at_altern.org)
Date: 07/31/03

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    To: Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>, debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 14:50:06 +0100

    sudo addgroup $USER cdrom

    On Thursday 31 July 2003 14:02, Robert Storey wrote:
    > Dear all,
    >
    > The "eject" command (which opens the CD tray) works as expected if I run
    > it as root. But as a common user, typing "eject" on the command line
    > brings up this error message:
    >
    > bob@sonic:~> eject
    > eject: unable to find or open device for: `cdrom'
    >
    > I took a look at the permissions for "eject":
    >
    > bob@sonic:~> ls -l /usr/bin/eject
    > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14332 Apr 25 2001 /usr/bin/eject
    >
    > Common users can mount/unmount the drive - this is from /etc/fstab:
    >
    > /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0
    > 0
    >
    > So I'm perplexed as to what is preventing common users from being able
    > to open the drive with the "eject" command.
    >
    > regards,
    > Robert 

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