eject: unable to eject etc: correction!

[Peter Garrett]

On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 01:56:04 +1000
Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> 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  <<< OOPS sorry!

sudo chmod +s /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
> 

Sorry about the error....