[Novalug] Ubuntu system continues to mount cddrives as root

[Bonnie Dalzell]

On Sun, 23 Sep 2007, Richard Mancusi wrote:

RM >On 9/23/07, Bonnie Dalzell <bdalzell at qis.net> wrote:
RM >> I just installed Ubuntu Feisty
RM >>
RM >> I have spent a lot of time today looking up articles on the web about
RM >> fstab and ubuntu feisty. I am really frustrated about this.
RM >>
RM >> here are the lines in my fstab
RM >>
RM >> /dev/hdc        /media/cdrom0   auto    ro,auto,users,exec     0       0
RM >> /dev/hdd        /media/cdrom1   auto    ro,auto,users,exec     0       0
RM >>
RM >> according to the articles this should be mounting my cdrom drives as user
RM >> (me bdz) but they are still coming up as belonging to root which means I
RM >> cannot open any folders on them or read any of the files on them.
RM >>
RM >> In addition my alien amiga drives are also coming up as root
RM >>
RM >> here is a sample line in fstab
RM >>
RM >> /dev/hdb1     /home/bdz/Desktop/Amiga/amiga1  affs   rw,users,auto 0 0
RM >>
RM >> my fat partition also comes up as owned by root but at least it has
RM >> permissions
RM >>
RM >> -rwxrwx---
RM >>
RM >> and i used the group manager to make root a member of my group bdz so I
RM >> seem to be able to access files in the fat partition. this is really
RM >> frustrating me.
RM >>
RM >> it is as if there is something besides fstab that is determining the
RM >> permissions.
RM >>
RM >
RM >I typically edit a file like fstab just like most of you folks do.
RM >However, many
RM >of the people I have moved from Win to Linux do not have the typical Novalug
RM >skill set.  Therefore I have tried to learn the GUI versions of Ubuntu/Gnome
RM >setup to make it easier for these new users.  On rare occasion I have noticed
RM >settings in the GUI that appear to differ from manual setup.  That in mind, may
RM >I suggest that you look in:
RM >

Thanks for this suggestion.

RM >1. System/Administration/Users and Groups/User Privileges tab
This one has these checked (enabled) under storage 

User privileges is available once one highlights a user and clicks on 
properties.

The privileges that are checked when I opened this tool are:

Access external storage devices automatically
Administer the system
Connect to unternet using a modem
Monitor system logs
Use Audio devices
Use CD-Rom drives
Use floppy drives
use modems
use scanners

So it appears to me all the things are checked to allow me to access the 
cdrom drive.


RM >2. System/Preferences/Removable Drives and Media


Mount removable drives when hot plugged.
Mount removable media when inserted
Browse removable media when inserted (aha now I know how to get rid of 
this 'feature')

However I just ejected one of the CD's and then closed the drawer again 
and the cd mounted and its browser displayed but the contents are still 
belonging to root and I cannot open them from the file browser.

I do not usually use these and this mounting problem has been present 
for the last 2 days since I did the feisty install. previously 
with my other dapper/edgy install my cd drives, amiga file system and fat 
partitions were mounted more or less correctly. i forgot to save the old 
fstab somewhere safe when I reformatted the / partition when installing 
feisty.

RM >
RM >Perhaps something will stand out there.
RM >
RM >-rich
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