Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 12:59:02 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Alexander@Leidinger.net Cc: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing permissions of /dev/usb[n] to 664? Message-ID: <20041107.125902.52165153.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20041107190937.13777739@Magellan.Leidinger.net> References: <418DC94E.3010003@elischer.org> <20041107161605.GA81779@crodrigues.org> <20041107190937.13777739@Magellan.Leidinger.net>
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Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> writes:
: On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 11:16:05 -0500
: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@crodrigues.org> wrote:
:
: > > I'm not saying that you don't, just that it needs to be considerred.
: > > And is that ALL they can do if you change it?
: >
: > I don't see what the problem would be for giving
: > read-only access to /dev/usb[n] for non-operators, but I'll
: > let someone else chime in.
:
: Can it be used to read data which may not readable without this change
: (e.g. can you access umass devices via usb[n])?
I don't think so. Most of the generic usb stuff is in ugen, which is
a different device.
Warner
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