Re: unable to mount cd's

["Corey Lanier" <lanier_happyg@hotmail.com>]

i don't think it should make any difference whether it's user or users

i've always thought it has to be user on /etc/fstab/


>From: dsavage@peaknet.net
>Reply-To: silug-discuss@silug.org
>To: silug-discuss@silug.org
>Subject: Re: unable to mount cd's
>Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 12:19:56 -0500 (CDT)
>
>On Mon, August 2, 2004 at 8:34 a.m. "Steve Reindl" <sreindl@apci.net> 
>wrote:
> > Since upgrading to Fedora Core 2 I have been unable to mount any CD in
> > any CDROM drive. I can insert an audio disk and KSCD will run and I can
> > listen to it.
> >
> > here is the error ...
> > [root@localhost root]# mount /mnt/cdrom
> > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom,
> >        or too many mounted file systems
> >
> > here is my /etc/fstab
> > [root@localhost etc]# cat fstab
> > LABEL=/                 /                         ext3
> > defaults        1 1
> > LABEL=/boot          /boot                  ext3    defaults        1 2
> > none                         /dev/pts              devpts
> > gid=5,mode=620  0 0
> > none                         /proc                  proc
> > defaults        0 0
> > none                         /dev/shm            tmpfs   defaults        
>0
> > 0
> > /dev/hda3                 swap                  swap    defaults        
>0
> > 0
> > /dev/fd0                    /mnt/floppy       auto    noauto,owner,kudzu 
>0
> > 0
> > /dev/hdb1                 /bigdisk             ext3    defaults        0 
>0
> > /dev/cdrom               /mnt/cdrom       udf,iso9660
> > user,unhide,noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
> > /dev/cdrom1             /mnt/cdrom1     udf,iso9660
> > user,unhide,noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
> >
> > [root@localhost etc]# cd /dev
> > [root@localhost dev]# ls -ahl cdrom
> > lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 8 Jun  3 22:23 cdrom -> /dev/hdc
> >
> > I removed the scsi emulation lines from /boot/grub/grub.conf
> >
> > I rebooted
> >
> > I have used known good CD's. When I issue the mount command the light on
> > the correct drive flashes. Is this something in SELinux?
>
>Steve,
>
>If selinux is active, that could be. Try changing "user" to "users" in the
>options section for /dev/cdrom. According to 'man mount', this allows
>every user (not just an "ordinary" user) to mount/umount the filesystem.
>
>If it's really selinux that's getting in the way, see:
>https://listman.redhat.com/archives/fedora-selinux-list/2004-May/msg00019.html
>
>--Doc
>
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thanks, clown
corey lanier

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