[Tip] Lock the hardware eject button of the cdrom in ubuntu

[Liam Proven]

On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Tha.Suresh <jemenisuresh at gmail.com> wrote:
> Lock the hardware eject button of the cdrom
>
> $ eject -i 1
>
> This command will lock the hardware eject button of your cdrom drive.
> Some uses are:
>
> 1: If you have a toddler and has discovered the cdrom button
>
> 2: If you are carrying a laptop in a bag or case and don’t want it to
> eject if the button is inadvertently pressed.
>
> To unlock the button use:
>
> $ eject -i 0
>
> For more info see the “eject” man page.
>
> Ex:
>
> thasu at ubuntu:~$ eject -i 1
> CD-Drive may NOT be ejected with device button
> thasu at ubuntu:~$ eject ( see the reaction )
> sathia at ubuntu:~$ eject -i 0
> CD-Drive may be ejected with device button
> thasu at ubuntu:~$ eject ( now see the reaction )


Thanks for the tip. To be honest, I thought Linux did that
automatically - it certainly used to in the "old days" of the 1990s,
before Ubuntu. A mounted disk couldn't be ejected until you unmounted
it. If they've changed that, I disapprove!

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