how to make DVD to mount automatically ???

[thilina]

I have a dvd rom.when I insert a dvd to it in windows the DVD works fine.But in ubuntu it is mounted as a blank DVD .I cant use it in any way.I cant use it to watch movies,to get data or anything.But in windows all goes well.
I found a command from ubuntu start guide to mount cd's manually.It is "sudo mount /media/cdrom0/ -o unhide" .When I input this command in terminal it gives this message "mount: block device /dev/hdb is write-protected, mounting read-only" .But the DVD gets mounted succesfully.So my question is this.Cant I set the DVD's to be mounted automatically after I insert them,rather than doing this typing in terminal??

 

[mehulved]

Have you tried passing these parameters in /etc/fstab?
Besides, if you do not want to see the 'mounting read only' message, pass ro also to options in fstab.

 

[thilina]

I am new to linux.Ill be glad if you explain me briefly plz

 

[drsethi]

You cannot automount Cd or DVD in Linux. This is a security feature of Linux.

 

[mehulved]

Sorry drsethi, but it is possible to automount any media. Of course it is disabled by default and with a good reason. But, it is surely possible to enable it.
These links should help you understand more

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  *www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/fstab.html
  *en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fstab
  *www.humbug.org.au/talks/fstab/fstab.html

Open fstab file by the command

sudo nano /etc/fstab

Make the necessary changes and save it.
Then run this command

sudo mount -a

Also, read man page for more

man fstab

 

[thilina]

But the CD's get auto mounted ???
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Ill chk the links
(I still dont understand anything !!)