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Date:      Tue, 17 Jun 2003 11:29:30 -0500
From:      "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net>
To:        <jesse@wingnet.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: devfs problem (was: Re: 5.x & usb & gphoto
Message-ID:  <011901c334ed$a13626c0$d037630a@dh.com>
References:  <bckodq$ckh$1@main.gmane.org> <bcndnt$nrl$1@main.gmane.org> <010601c334ec$5a0db5c0$d037630a@dh.com>

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It should have read something nicer in the comment though:

# Allow members of group operator to write to ugen0
perm   ugen0 0664

 Tom Veldhouse

----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net>
To: <jesse@wingnet.net>
Cc: "FreeBSD-Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: devfs problem (was: Re: 5.x & usb & gphoto


> I just looked in /etc/devfs.conf ... so here is a guess ;)
>
> # Allow members of group operator to cat things to the speaker
> perm   ugen0 0664
>
> Tom Veldhouse
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jesse Guardiani" <jesse@wingnet.net>
> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 10:56 AM
> Subject: devfs problem (was: Re: 5.x & usb & gphoto
>
>
> > Jesse Guardiani wrote:
> >
> > > Howdy list,
> > >
> > > I'm trying to get gphoto2 to connect to my digital
> > > camera as a NON root user. (it works fine when root,
> > > but that's a security risk)
> > >
> > > Under 4.x, all I had to do was make the appropriate
> > > USB devices group readable and writeable, then add
> > > users to the appropriate group (operator, usually).
> > >
> > > Under 5.x, I'm having more trouble. The /dev/usb*
> > > devices have the appropriate group permissions out
> > > of the box, but I apparently also need group write
> > > permission to the /dev/ugen* devices.
> > >
> > > Here are the ugen permissions when my camera is attached
> > > to the usb port:
> > >
> > > [11:40]jesse@trevarthan:[/etc]# ls -al /dev/ugen*
> > > crw-r--r--  1 root  operator  114,   0 Jun 13 09:07 /dev/ugen0
> > > crw-r--r--  1 root  operator  114,   1 Jun 13 09:07 /dev/ugen0.1
> > > crw-r--r--  1 root  operator  114,   2 Jun 13 09:07 /dev/ugen0.2
> > >
> > >
> > > The problem is that I'm unfamiliar with devfs, and
> > > I can't figure out how to get the ugen devices to
> > > appear with group writable permissions.
> > >
> > >
> > > Any help appreciated! Thanks.
> > >
> >
> > Anyone? Anyone at all? Surely someone here has a wee bit of
> > experience with devfs...
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator
> > WingNET Internet Services,
> > P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605
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> >
> >
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