I need my cdrom/cdwriter device to be readable and executeable by everyone. I can run chmod a+rx /dev/hdc however when I reboot the perms go back to r+w only by the logged in user see my ls -la listing below: Any help would be mucho appreciated... $ ls -la /dev/hdc brw------- 1 kkempter disk 22, 0 Sep 9 08:38 /dev/hdc