[OpenIndiana-discuss] Unmount DVD from GUI fails with oi_151a8

[Udo Grabowski (IMK)]

On 19/08/2013 17:12, Gary Mills wrote:
> When I insert a DVD in the drive on an oi_151a8 computer, a
> corresponding icon appears on the desktop.  However, when I select the
> `Unmount' option from the icon menu, I get a dialogue box:
>
>      Unable to unmount ...
>      umount: permission denied
>
> I don't know if this worked under oi_151a7.
>
> When I press the eject button on the DVD drive, it does eject the DVD
> and the icon does disappear.
>
Everything involving libdbus/Orbit permissions on Gnome is totally
f**ed up due to a "security" change in libdbus. Don't know how to
get out of this mess, which also involves the package manager and
other stuff that needs root or role permissions. Use 'eject' from
the command line.
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