Re: Locking CD tray w/o opening device

Jim Nelson (jimnelson@btinet.net)
Thu, 13 Jun 2002 15:05:53 -0500


At 12:00 AM 6/11/02 -0500, you wrote:
>You could echo "1" >/proc/sys/dev/cdrom/lock
>
>If you do this, even when a cd is *not* in the drive it will be locked.
>For information like this, it might be best to open xchat, and head to
>openprojects.net and join #linuxhelp. This is a good question, just
>perhaps not right for the lkml?

Um, No. My /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/lock defaults to a 1, and the drive opens
when a disc is not present at the touch of the button.

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