gphoto2 & USB access

Matthew Carpenter matt
Mon May 17 11:32:56 PDT 2004


Wow, that's ugly.  On COLW311, all I saw in the /dev/usb directory were
the device(s) currently plugged in.  When I unplugged it, the entry went
away.

On Fri, 7 Jun 2002 09:07:51 -0700
"Tom Condon" <tomc at eskimo.com> wrote:

> 
> 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  ;-})
> 
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