Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 11:56:46 -0400 From: Jesse Guardiani <jesse@wingnet.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: devfs problem (was: Re: 5.x & usb & gphoto Message-ID: <bcndnt$nrl$1@main.gmane.org> References: <bckodq$ckh$1@main.gmane.org>
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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 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net
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