[SOLVED] Sorry for this but I can't access the cdrom unless I am root & need to be a user.

Robert.Thompson · 04-06-2011, 07:57 PM

Hello:

I am trying to install photoshop Elements 5.0 in Wine. The Wine instructions say not to install it as root, among a bunch of other things.

My System Settings for Removable Devices is set to automatically mount such devices.

My /etc/fstab, which I have messed with, looks like this:

Code:

/dev/sda2        swap             swap        defaults         0   0
/dev/sda1        /                ext4        defaults         1   1
/dev/sda3        /home            ext4        defaults         1   2
/dev/sda5        /mnt/backup      ext4       noatime,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/cdrom      /mnt/cdrom        auto       defaults           1   2
#/dev/sr0        /mnt/cdrob        auto        defaults         1   2
/dev/fd0         /mnt/floppy      auto        noauto,owner     0   0
devpts           /dev/pts         devpts      gid=5,mode=620   0   0
proc             /proc            proc        defaults         0   0
tmpfs            /dev/shm         tmpfs       defaults         0   0
tmpfs            /tmp             tmpfs       defaults         0   0

What must I do to allow user 'rob' to access to the Photoshop cd through Dolphin so that I can use Wine to install it?

Thanks for any help with this,

pljvaldez · 04-06-2011, 08:14 PM

Is user 'rob' part of the 'cdrom' group? If not, that's the first thing I would do.

Richard Cranium · 04-06-2011, 08:14 PM

Does "rob" belong to the cdrom and plugdev groups?

manwichmakesameal · 04-06-2011, 08:15 PM

If you have done a full install, you shouldn't need to add anything to /etc/fstab. Which groups are you in?

Robert.Thompson · 04-06-2011, 08:29 PM

Sorry, user rob is a member of:
floppy
dialout
audio
video
cdrom
plugdev
power
netdev
scanner
vboxusers

bgeddy · 04-06-2011, 08:40 PM

Take the cdrom line out of fstab.

Robert.Thompson · 04-06-2011, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bgeddy

Take the cdrom line out of fstab.

Thank you.

I am waiting for virtualbox to finish installing something and then I will reboot.

bgeddy · 04-06-2011, 08:52 PM

Quote:

I am waiting for virtualbox to finish installing something and then I will reboot.

Possibly a good choice but you don't actually need to reboot the machine - just edit fstab and it should be good.

Robert.Thompson · 04-06-2011, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bgeddy

Possibly a good choice but you don't actually need to reboot the machine - just edit fstab and it should be good.

Thanks a million! It works perfectly now! This has been driving me nuts!!!!!

josiah · 04-06-2011, 11:36 PM

I don't know if this is the best approach, I have no problems with using a cdrom, but I a) use pmount (available on SlackBuilds.org), and b) include "users" among the mount options.

Code:

/dev/cdrom  /mnt/cdrom  auto  defaults,users  1  2