hcid immediately drops to UID bluetooth. See android_bluez.c We also have modifications to the kernel so that only processes with root, or gid bt or gid bt_admin can create new Bluetooth sockets for security. Since hcid immeidately drops root you'll need the bt_admin gid.
Nick On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 12:49 PM, pavan savoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I suppose I am having permission problems with the hcid service. > I can do a start hcid, but cannot do a hcid -f /etc/hcid.conf as root. i.e I > get a Can't open HCI socket: permission denied error. > Why is that ? > > Should I edit the Manifest or something for this ? > > regards, > Pavan Savoy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
