chmod help so regular users can mount cds

Garibaldi3489 · 01-30-2005, 08:17 PM

I have a couple drives: /dev/hda1,hda2, /dev/sdb1, /dev/hdc, /dev/hdd that I want to be able to access and mount as a normal user. The hdas are always in devices:/ in konqueror but the others disappear after I mount them, even though I have a corresponding folder in /mnt. How can I fix that? Also how can I use chmod or something to change the permissions so a regular user can mount it and access the drives?

kopikat · 01-30-2005, 09:02 PM

Open /etc/fstab with you favorite text editor and in the lines pertaining to your cdrom (the one that says something like /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom), in the fourth column replace "owner" for "user" (without commas). That should allow any user to mount and umount your cdrom device.

Garibaldi3489 · 01-30-2005, 09:04 PM

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Open /etc/fstab with you favorite text editor and in the lines pertaining to your cdrom (the one that says something like /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom), in the fourth column replace "owner" for "user" (without commas). That should allow any user to mount and umount your cdrom device.

so for the ones containing defaults there should I just use auto (or noauto) with user and ro, so like this:
for flash drive:
auto,user,rw
cdrom:
noauto,user,ro
that seems to work.
Thanks.

shilo · 01-31-2005, 12:02 PM

THough it may not make a difference for you, I always prefer to replace "user" with "users". This way if user A mounts the CD and leaves it mounted, user B can umount it.

kopikat · 01-31-2005, 01:04 PM

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Originally posted by shilo
THough it may not make a difference for you, I always prefer to replace "user" with "users". This way if user A mounts the CD and leaves it mounted, user B can umount it.

Thats probably a good idea