Changing rights from the terminal?
 

How do I change the r/w rights to my dvd drive from the command line? Whenever I try to eject it or mount/unomuount it, it tells me that only root can do it.

Any ideas?

use chmod ### <filename> -- where rwx = 7 = 111
example chmod 751 file1
changes file permission on file1 to rwx r-x --x

or chown <user> <filename>
or chgrp <user> <filename>

you can use the `man` command to look up these commands in more detail:
man chmod

ease.

as root:
chmod +s /bin/mount
chmod +s /bin/eject

edit: also give your /etc/fstab if its not sufficient

I get this when I try to eject it manually - umount: only root can unmount /dev/hda from /media/cdrom0
eject: unmount of `/media/cdrom0' failed

Clicking on my DVD drive does not work at all!

You need to add "users" to the options field in /etc/fstab. This will give users permission to mount and unmount that device.

Thanks, that solved it!!