Easy mounting/unmounting of CDROM by users other than root

[mka]

I find it a little tedious to mount/unmount my CDROM when I want to change it.

Is there a way to have Linux automagically mount/unmount the CDROM when I put a CD in or take one out?

Also, I would like to give other users the ability to do this so that I don't have to login as root to do it. Any hints on how to do this?

Thanks!

[manual_overide]

in your /etc/fstab file, look for the line that pertains to your cdrom change it to look something like this:


/dev/<whatever your cdrom is> /<wherever you mount the drive> iso9660 auto,ro,user 0 0


That should do it.

[theflash]

I know Mandrake does a fine job of that automatically.

[stavefan]

someone correct me if i'm wrong, but i believe there is a program called usermount that has a gui interface that will let you mount and unmount....

hope that helps...
stavefan

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[bkurt]

I believe Mandrake uses a program called supermount to accomplish this so I would check into that and see if you can get is setup in your distro.

[bkurt]

You could also write your own shell script to do this if you wanted.

[mka]

I guess I should have given more information. I'm currently using Red Hat 6.0.

I tried the usermount program and it works just fine.

Now I have to try to get my wife to understand that this isn't Windows and you can't just pop it in and be able to read it!


Originally posted by mka:
I find it a little tedious to mount/unmount my CDROM when I want to change it.

Is there a way to have Linux automagically mount/unmount the CDROM when I put a CD in or take one out?

Also, I would like to give other users the ability to do this so that I don't have to login as root to do it. Any hints on how to do this?

Thanks!