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Subject: Re: Changing permissions of /dev/usb[n] to 664?
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In message: <20041107190937.13777739@Magellan.Leidinger.net>
            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