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In article <1jq0lqINN15h@calvin.usc.edu> alves@calvin.usc.edu (William  
Alves) writes:
#I teach a class for which we have a single stand-alone NeXT running
#OS 2.1. Security in the room with the NeXT is handled through a key
#sign-out procedure. Otherwise the students are unsupervised. Because
#of disk space limitations, I would like to have an optical disc mounted
#at all times. But because of the size, portability, and (now) expense
#of the optical discs, I am afraid that a student could easily walk out
#with it. So:
#
#Is there any way to prevent disc ejection for users without root access?
#Preferably, I would like to prevent it both from the Workspace menu as
#well as the Terminal. If not, is there something that can be done to
#physically prevent the disc from ejecting? Thanks for your help.
#
#Bill Alves

Yes.  Have unix mount the drive during the boot process.  You can do this  
by placing the proper information about the disk in the file /etc/fstab.   
Please see an earlier article "Re: hard drive mounting" that I just  
posted.  It should also apply to Optical disks.

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