Cannot mount dvd or usb flash drive in kde 4.6 ?

Hi,
I am unable to mount a dvd in kde 4.6 I keep getting the following error:
udisk error permission denied: not authorised
I have added myself to storage, disk and all the normal groups. I had the same problem with a flash drive but after adding the following as 11-media-by-label-auto-mount.rules in /etc/udev/rules.d the flash drive now mounts but will not safely unmount. I have set removable media to automount in system settings.
Any ideas what the problem is with udisks/udev in kde 4.6?
KERNEL!="sd[a-z][0-9]", GOTO="media_by_label_auto_mount_end"
# Import FS infos
IMPORT{program}="/sbin/blkid -o udev -p %N"
# Get a label if present, otherwise specify one
ENV{ID_FS_LABEL}!="", ENV{dir_name}="%E{ID_FS_LABEL}"
ENV{ID_FS_LABEL}=="", ENV{dir_name}="usbhd-%k"
# Global mount options
ACTION=="add", ENV{mount_options}="relatime"
# Filesystem-specific mount options
ACTION=="add", ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}=="vfat|ntfs", ENV{mount_options}="$env{mount_options},utf8,gid=100,umask=002"
# Mount the device
ACTION=="add", RUN+="/bin/mkdir -p /media/%E{dir_name}", RUN+="/bin/mount -o $env{mount_options} /dev/%k /media/%E{dir_name}"
# Clean up after removal
ACTION=="remove", ENV{dir_name}!="", RUN+="/bin/umount -l /media/%E{dir_name}", RUN+="/bin/rmdir /media/%E{dir_name}"
# Exit
LABEL="media_by_label_auto_mount_end"

Thanks adee. I deleted the udev rule as it didn't work any way.
I gradually homed in on policykit: I was testing out xrdp for remote session and now I can see the logic of not letting a remote user access removable media etc. It was one of the reasons for the policykit idea in the first place, to limit access for remote sessions-it sure works.
I changed one of the policykit rules to (inactive=no to yes) to see if that would work but still no go which is a bit strange.

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