>> On my RedHat 6.2 linux PC, /dev/video0 ownership flags change each >> time I log in/out an X session (I use gnome's gdm). I need to stop >> this behavior and have 'fixed' ownership flags on /dev/video0. Alan Cox wrote: > I believ its pam_console or some similar module that handles this Oliver Neukum wrote: > This are Red Hat's PAM scripts at work. > Disable those that handle the "console" users. Thanks for the help. I disabled (#) the following line in the pam_console file "/etc/security/console.perms" and everything is fine now: #<v4l>=/dev/video* /dev/radio* /dev/winradio* /dev/vtx* /dev/vbi* Frederic