[fixed] "only root can mount dvd" in SuSE 9.3 - he

[crussell]

Hey all,

SuSE 9.3 keeps whining when I try to access my DVD drive as a user. It tells me only root can mount /dev/dvd on /media/dvd.

Before I start attacking fstab, here's the fstab entry for the entry:

/dev/dvd /media/dvd subfs noauto,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0

Am I right in assuming all I need to do is add "users" to the string and I'll magically let me access my own data ??

TIA

Crussell

[crussell]

Yes it does fix the issue.

I will now take my Linux ignorance elsewhere and bask in it for a while ...

[Rhakios]

Using subfs you shouldn't need to mount it, it should mount automatically. What might be happening is that the DVD is not mounted under /media/dvd, but under /media/volumename, where volumename is the label assigned to the dvd. For example, if I try the latest LXF dvd, I find it mounts under /media/LXFDVD68

This has something to do with udev, I believe (but could be wrong).

[nelz]

It's not udev, that only sets up device names. It seems to be subfs picking up the volume name.

[abhinav]

Sorry for my ignorance, but I am having similar problem.

My cd's and dvd'd dont get automatically mounted. I have to mount them manually everytime I put them. and then unmount them.. which is pretty annoying. I am providing with my fstab file.

/dev/sda5 / reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 1
/dev/sda7 /home reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/sda1 /windows/C ntfs ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0
/dev/sda6 swap swap pri=42 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
/dev/cdrecorder /media/cdrecorder subfs noauto,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0


Can someone help me.. what is wrong here ??..
thanks in advance..
Abhi.

[Rhakios]

By the look of your fstab nothing is wrong. I assume you have taken on board the comments above about CDs/DVDs being mounted under a different name under /media.

[abhinav]

Yes Rhakios,
The I know about suse 9.3 mounting media under the label names. Thats actually even more annoying when I have to mount manually, because then when I unmount, these LABEL directories dont get deleted automatically and I have to delete them by hand!!!

[Rhakios]

Well, then there's definitley something wrong, but it isn't your fstab, that's fine.