How to get GNOME to stop asking for a password everytime I insert a dvd

cb49747

11/14/23, 3:41 PM

Hello I set up a ubuntu server (22.04.1) with plex running and gnome (42.4)

This is working really well. However, everytime I put a dvd in, it asks me for a password. it is driving me crazy. The user logged in is listed as a administrator.

Any idea how to turn that off?

Chris

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gnome

authentication

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Ubuntu

George

11/15/23, 11:31 AM

You first need to add your user to the cdrom group with usermod -G cdrom $USER.
The polkit rule below allows users in the cdrom group to mount CD/DVD.

# cat /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/01-dvd.rules
/* Allow members of the cdrom group to mount /dev/sr[0] devices */
polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
    if (action.id == "org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount")
    {
        var device = action.lookup("device");
        if (device === "/dev/sr0")
        {
            if (subject.isInGroup("cdrom"))
            {
                return polkit.Result.YES;
            } else {
                return polkit.Result.NO;
            }
        }
    }
});

To test this rule:

create the rule file /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/01-dvd.rules
restart the Polkit service: systemctl restart polkit.service
log off and on again
insert CD/DVD

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