[LBo] cannot mount cdrom

[Brian Reichert]

* Grasshopper <marigold.6352 at gol.com> [2006-09-16 08:09:16+0900]
> Dear all,
> 
> I am trying to install Fedora 5, but can't, I keep been brought back
> into Suse.
>   
> When I try to play a cd in Suse 10 I always get the following error 
> "mount: only root can mount /dev/cdrom on /media/cdrom.
> 
> I have googled and know that it is a know issue, but have not found any
> answers.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Many thanks.
> 
> Grasshopper

Are you trying to mount the CD as a regular user?  And does mounting it work
correctly as root?  If so, it should be an easy fix.  I don't know Suse so I'll
have to go for editing config files directly.  Suse may have a GUI to do the
same thing.

Check your /etc/fstab file and look for a line related to your cd-rom.
It generally looks something like this.  This is what is on my system
(slackware):

/dev/cdrom          /mnt/cdrom       iso9660     noauto,owner,ro

To allow a regular user to mount your CD-ROM simply ad the 'user' option to
that line like so:

/dev/cdrom          /mnt/cdrom       iso9660     noauto,owner,ro,user

And then regular users should be able to mount the CD-ROM drive.

You may want to read the man page for mount and specifically check out the
OPTIONS section which explains the user option and a slew of others.

Hopefully that helps. ;)

-- 
Brian Reichert
http://rignesnet.tzo.com

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