[arch-general] CD eject as non-root user

[Heiko Baums]

Am Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:44:23 -0300
schrieb Norbert Zeh <nzeh at cs.dal.ca>:

> I have a strange problem with ejecting CDs from my CD drive.
> 
> As root:
> 
> eject and eject -t work flawlessly
> eject -T gives
> 
>     ioctl: Input/output error
> 
> As non-root user:
> 
> eject -t closes the tray as expected
> eject gives
> 
>     eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> 
> eject -T gives the same result as for root
> 
> It doesn't matter whether I do or do not specify sr0 as the device to
> eject.  The non-root user that I try to execute this command as is in
> the optical group.
>
> ...
> 
> Does anybody else experience this type of problem?  Does anybody have
> any pointers what may be wrong with my setup?

Eject only works for root. So you have to use sudo to be able to
ejecting the CDs.

Heiko