eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument

[Peter Garrett]

On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 15:08:49 -0400
Matt Patterson <matt at v8zman.com> wrote:

> When I try to eject a CD using either the right click option, or typing 
> into the command line, I am only able to get the cd to come out if I use 
> sudo. If I dont use sudo, I get:
> 
> eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument
> 
> and the cd doesnt come out. If I use sudo, the same error appears, but 
> the cd does come out.
> 
> I am a member of the cdrom group.
> 
> Any idea how to make this work properly?
> 
> Matt

Hi Matt,

I had the same issue with eject. My solution involves making "eject"  SUID root:

sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/eject

I guess this could be regarded as a security risk, but I'm on a small home network and it solves the problem for me.

Peter