From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 25 16:43:44 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6952106568B for ; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:43:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@insightbb.com) Received: from mxsf00.insightbb.com (mxsf00.insightbb.com [74.128.0.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6C878FC08 for ; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:43:44 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.49,340,1262581200"; d="scan'208";a="744398873" Received: from unknown (HELO asav00.insightbb.com) ([172.31.249.123]) by mxsf00.insightbb.com with ESMTP; 25 Jan 2010 11:15:19 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AkoGAFNSXUvQLicL/2dsb2JhbACBRY5MAcpfhDsE X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.49,340,1262581200"; d="scan'208";a="5618932" Received: from 208-46-39-11.dia.static.qwest.net (HELO laptop2.stevenfriedrich.org) ([208.46.39.11]) by asavout00.insightbb.com with ESMTP; 25 Jan 2010 11:15:19 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Steven Friedrich Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:15:18 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201001251115.18221.freebsd@insightbb.com> Subject: pwcview vs permissions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:43:45 -0000 When I run pwcview as a non-root user, it complains about permissions. The perms were 644 on /dev/video0. I set them to 666 and it works, but what is the intended approach? Should I just create a device hint?