Why does cdrom/dvd device permission revert to the user who has logged in despite setting permission correctly in udev permission's file in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4?
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Sometimes, devices permissions are explicitly set using udev, based on enviroment requirments. However, the permissions are reset via pam based in console.perms settings.
To set the permission of cdrom/dvd device to a particular user, please comment the line below from file /etc/security/console.perms as shown below:
# <console> 0600 <cd...Subscriber exclusive content
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