Re: umount problem (was: Re: umount problem with sbpcd)

emoenke (emoenke@gwdg.de)
Tue, 28 May 1996 09:57:48 +0200 (MET DST)


Hi Bryn Paul Arnold Jones,

>On Mon, 27 May 1996, Mirko Manea wrote:
>
>> I notice a problem with sbpcd driver. When an ordinary (non root) user
>> mounts a cdrom everything seems ok, i.e. he/she can do ls, cp, etc...,
>> but then there are no ways to umount it: the only chance is to log in
>> as root and type an umount /cdrom.

>> /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,user,noauto,ro 0 0

This is not a device file, but a symbolic link.

>> gulliver:~$ umount /cdrom
>> umount: /cdrom mount disagrees with the fstab

If a user shall be able to mount/umount, you HAVE TO use the real device
name within /etc/fstab.

Cheers -e

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