Yamaban wrote: > On Tue, 15 Nov 2016 21:49, m.roth at ... wrote: >> >> Can someone explain to me the logic that I, as a user, cannot, by >> default, mount a DVD from the command line, but I can mount it via dolphin? > > Dolphin (and consorts) call "udisks" via messagebus / udev protocoll, and > thus get the permission / rights to do it without direct "root rights" > > You can do that manually fron the commandline via the "udisksctl" tool. > See "man udisksctl" for details. > > PS: No, the question was not dumb, that udev stuff fools me up from > time to time to. Right. And I've only been doing systems administration for, um, 21 years, so I'm not surprised I never heard of udiskctl, and only know mount (and, only recently, pmount). Thanks, guy. It's just aggravating that I can't say mount /dev/dvd0 without jumping through hoops. mark "Ve Must Protect You From Using Command Line!"