From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 28 19:00:43 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 5DF56106566B for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:00:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mbeis@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E67908FC1F for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:00:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from yokozuna.lan (213-84-73-82.adsl.xs4all.nl [80.101.78.208]) by smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o3SJ0fQ0075496 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:00:41 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mbeis@xs4all.nl) Received: from yokozuna.lan (yokozuna.lan [IPv6:::1]) by yokozuna.lan (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o3SJ0ex4004440; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:00:40 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mbeis@xs4all.nl) Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:00:40 +0200 (CEST) From: Marco Beishuizen Sender: marco@yokozuna.lan To: Roland Smith In-Reply-To: <20100428182223.GA34355@slackbox.erewhon.net> Message-ID: References: <20100428182223.GA34355@slackbox.erewhon.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using a scanner (USB) as user and not as root X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Marco Beishuizen List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:00:43 -0000 On Wed, 28 Apr 2010, Roland Smith wrote: > Are the permissions correct? Check with 'ls -l /dev/usb/ /dev/ugen*'. > Is your user-id in the usb group? Check by running 'id' as the normal user. > > If all that is in order, remove all lines except the three above from > /etc/devfs.rules, and try again. Running id as user looks ok: uid=1001(marco) gid=0(wheel) groups=0(wheel),5(operator),1001(usb) But the permissions are not: ls -l /dev/usb/ /dev/ugen* lrw-rw-r-- 1 root usb 9 Apr 28 19:05 /dev/ugen0.1 -> usb/0.1.0 lrw-rw-r-- 1 root usb 9 Apr 28 19:05 /dev/ugen1.1 -> usb/1.1.0 lrw-rw-r-- 1 root usb 9 Apr 28 21:05 /dev/ugen1.2 -> usb/1.2.0 lrw-rw-r-- 1 root usb 9 Apr 28 21:05 /dev/ugen1.3 -> usb/1.3.0 lrw-rw-r-- 1 root usb 9 Apr 28 19:05 /dev/ugen2.1 -> usb/2.1.0 /dev/usb/: total 0 crw------- 1 root operator 0, 87 Apr 28 19:05 0.1.0 crw------- 1 root operator 0, 93 Apr 28 19:05 0.1.1 crw------- 1 root operator 0, 89 Apr 28 19:05 1.1.0 crw------- 1 root operator 0, 94 Apr 28 19:05 1.1.1 crw------- 1 root operator 0, 104 Apr 28 21:05 1.2.0 crw------- 1 root operator 0, 105 Apr 28 21:05 1.2.1 crw------- 1 root operator 0, 117 Apr 28 21:05 1.3.0 crw------- 1 root operator 0, 119 Apr 28 21:05 1.3.1 crw------- 1 root operator 0, 91 Apr 28 19:05 2.1.0 crw------- 1 root operator 0, 95 Apr 28 19:05 2.1.1 Regards, Marco -- Be braver -- you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.