gphoto2 & USB access
Tom Condon
tomc
Mon May 17 11:32:56 PDT 2004
Folks,
My SuSE 8.0 installation included gphoto & gphoto2, so they are there.
The usb ports used for the camera connection (/dev/usb/dc2xx0 according
to gphoto2), however, were all owned by root and group root. So, of
course, my user doesn't happen to have access to them. I can access
and download the files as root, but I prefer not to do that. I changed
the ports (dc2xx) to be root/users ownership, but still don't have
access when logged in as a normal user.
Currently my /dev/usb directory looks like this:
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 112 Mar 23 11:50 auer0
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 113 Mar 23 11:50 auer1
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 114 Mar 23 11:50 auer2
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 115 Mar 23 11:50 auer3
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 116 Mar 23 11:50 auer4
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 117 Mar 23 11:50 auer5
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 118 Mar 23 11:50 auer6
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 119 Mar 23 11:50 auer7
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 240 Mar 23 11:50 dabusb0
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 241 Mar 23 11:50 dabusb1
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 242 Mar 23 11:50 dabusb2
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 243 Mar 23 11:50 dabusb3
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 244 Mar 23 11:50 dabusb4
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 245 Mar 23 11:50 dabusb5
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 246 Mar 23 11:50 dabusb6
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 247 Mar 23 11:50 dabusb7
crw-rw---- 1 root users 180, 80 Mar 23 11:50 dc2xx0
crw-rw---- 1 root users 180, 81 Mar 23 11:50 dc2xx1
crw-rw---- 1 root users 180, 82 Mar 23 11:50 dc2xx2
crw-rw---- 1 root users 180, 83 Mar 23 11:50 dc2xx3
crw-rw---- 1 root users 180, 84 Mar 23 11:50 dc2xx4
crw-rw---- 1 root users 180, 85 Mar 23 11:50 dc2xx5
crw-rw---- 1 root users 180, 86 Mar 23 11:50 dc2xx6
crw-rw---- 1 root users 180, 87 Mar 23 11:50 dc2xx7
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 32 Mar 23 11:50 ez0
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 33 Mar 23 11:50 ez1
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 34 Mar 23 11:50 ez2
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 35 Mar 23 11:50 ez3
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 36 Mar 23 11:50 ez4
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 37 Mar 23 11:50 ez5
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 38 Mar 23 11:50 ez6
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 39 Mar 23 11:50 ez7
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 0 Mar 23 11:50 lp0
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 1 Mar 23 11:50 lp1
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 2 Mar 23 11:50 lp2
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 3 Mar 23 11:50 lp3
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 4 Mar 23 11:50 lp4
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 5 Mar 23 11:50 lp5
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 6 Mar 23 11:50 lp6
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 7 Mar 23 11:50 lp7
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 16 Mar 23 11:50 mouse0
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 17 Mar 23 11:50 mouse1
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 18 Mar 23 11:50 mouse2
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 19 Mar 23 11:50 mouse3
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 20 Mar 23 11:50 mouse4
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 21 Mar 23 11:50 mouse5
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 22 Mar 23 11:50 mouse6
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 23 Mar 23 11:50 mouse7
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 64 Mar 23 11:50 rio500
crw------- 1 tom users 180, 48 Mar 23 11:50 scanner0
crw------- 1 tom users 180, 49 Mar 23 11:50 scanner1
crw------- 1 tom users 180, 50 Mar 23 11:50 scanner2
crw------- 1 tom users 180, 51 Mar 23 11:50 scanner3
crw------- 1 tom users 180, 52 Mar 23 11:50 scanner4
crw------- 1 tom users 180, 53 Mar 23 11:50 scanner5
crw------- 1 tom users 180, 54 Mar 23 11:50 scanner6
crw------- 1 tom users 180, 55 Mar 23 11:50 scanner7
crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 0 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB0
crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 1 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB1
crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 10 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB10
crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 11 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB11
crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 12 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB12
crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 13 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB13
crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 14 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB14
crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 15 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB15
crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 2 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB2
crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 3 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB3
crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 4 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB4
crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 5 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB5
crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 6 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB6
crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 7 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB7
crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 8 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB8
crw-rw---- 1 root users 188, 9 Mar 23 11:50 ttyUSB9
I'm looking for suggestions as to the best way to make the USB ports
accessible to a standard user (specifically so I can use the USB Visor
cradle and the USB Camera connection).
In Harmony's Way and In A Chord,
Tom ;-})
Barbershop Bass Singer
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