Re: Problems automounting CDs

[Art Ross <aross donet com>]

Carl Riches wrote:

> I am having a problem on a fresh installation of RedHat Linux 6.1.  I have
> done a fresh installation on two machines.  On one machine, the CD-ROM
> drive is automagically mounted for the user logged in on the X console
> when a CD is placed in the drive, regardless of what user is logged in and
> what window manager they are using (GNOME, KDE, fvwm, fvwm2 are the ones
> tested).  On the other machine, this only works for root.  I am unable to
> determine what agency enables this feature, and how one configures it.
>
> Both machines have this as the /etc/fstab entry for the cdrom:
>
>   /dev/cdrom              /mnt/cdrom              iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0
>
> One of these machines has an internal zip drive.  Here are the boot
> messages from this machine for the CD-ROM and the zip drive:
>
>   Mar 13 08:46:57 spc142 kernel: hdc: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6402B, ATAPI CDROM drive
>   Mar 13 08:46:57 spc142 kernel: hdd: IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI, ATAPI FLOPPY drive
>
> Here are the boot messages from the other machine (without a zip
> drive) where automounting is working:
>
>   Mar 13 09:06:02 mpc33 kernel: hdc: SAMSUNG SC-140B, ATAPI CDROM drive
>
> I have looked at the archives for this list and have not found anything
> that was about this problem.
>
> Can anyone help shed light on what could be causing this behavior?
>
> Thanks,
> Carl G. Riches
> Software Engineer
> Department of Mathematics
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Well, the GUI that provides you the ability to address this problem is Linuxconf.
To access this program you'll have to login as root or open a terminal window and
change to the  root account within it, by typing 'su' and then entering the root
password thereafter.  Once you are root, type 'linuxconf &'.  In linuxconf find,
Config---> File systems ---> Access local drive.  When the window appears on the
right click on the line concerning the CDROM.  Another dialog box appears with tabs
at the top.  Click on the Options tab and viola, what shall appear is selections.
One of these is permitting all users to mount the CDROM.
  Hope this gets you rolling,
  Art Ross
  Chairperson of Physics
  Sinclair Community College