Disable (Block) CD/DVD ROM Linux ( RHEL )

Today i am going to  share,   how to block or disable CD/DVD ROM in Linux.

Please find the below procedure is working fine on RHEL ( Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5).

1) You need to be root user to perform steps.

[root@localhost]$  su -

2) Go to Directory Where your kernel drivers stored. Follow exact command.

[root@localhost]# cd /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/cdrom

3) Now list directory.

[root@localhost cdrom]# ls
cdrom.ko

4) Now rename or delete cdrom.ko file with following command.

[root@localhost cdrom]# mv cdrom.ko cdrom.ko-ok

To Delete file execute below command

[root@localhost cdrom]# rm -rf cdrom.ko

5) Now reboot your computer and Insert CD or DVD into Drive. It will not detect.

6) If you dont want to reboot your computer then just execute below command.

modprobe -r sr_mod

Hope this information helps you.