> > Says v4l devices are 600 - but root isn't the only one who uses them.
They are owned by user who is logged on console for the duration of login session. And reset back to root owner when you log out. 600 are meant to prevent other users (possibly over network) from getting access to these devices. Do you have some program that is using these devices while nobody is logged in locally? If > I > try using w3cam, for example, I get a message can't open /dev/video0 > because > of permissions. Look at /dev/video0, it's a symlink, but ls -l says that > it > has permissions of 666. Actually symlink normally have 777 permissions, they are ignored anyway. If I follow the symlink to the device itself, > it's > permission is 600. If I change it to 666 or 777 then things work OK. > > On a system with low security settings, shouldn't these devices be > available > without having to change things? > Edit console.perms to suite your need. But I agree, it would be nice to have some overall less restrictive rules for a standalone home computer. -andrej
