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Old 08-11-2003, 03:09 AM   #1
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problems with user


Hello, I have got two curios problems with using user. When I login as root,everything if working OK, But when I log in as user,I don't have sound(with the same settings as root) and also I am not able to mount anything. What can be the problem?Thanks
 
Old 08-11-2003, 03:50 AM   #2
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sound:
any error messages in the logs ?

mounting:
Users can't and shouldn't mount and unmount any drives they want, to allow mounting/unmounting add a line containing the "user" option to /etc/fstab (man fstab)
e.g.
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0
 
Old 08-11-2003, 03:51 AM   #3
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This is probably a permissions problem. Try: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=79434
if this doesn't work tell us what happened.
 
Old 08-11-2003, 05:32 AM   #4
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to altF4 - I don't have any log errors, I will try the link and also changing the fstab,but I don't have time now,but after I will try, I will imediately let you know. Thanks by now.
 
Old 08-13-2003, 12:19 PM   #5
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I get the sound working with help of that thread, but I can't get my cdrom working under user. I tried editing the fstab, with no success,maybe I did something wrong. After I try to mount the cdrom it writes only root can do that. Shouldn't I also change permissions for the mount command? Or what should I do?
 
Old 08-13-2003, 03:01 PM   #6
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/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0

/dev/cdrom ---> add your cdrom device here ( /dev/hdc, /dev/scd0, etc)
/mnt/cdrom --> add your mount directory here ( empty directory )
auto --> auto (autdetect filesystem) or iso9660
ro ... readonly
noauto ... do not mount on system startup
user ... allow users to mount this device (need not be root)
 
  


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