-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/06/08 16:31, Anton Pussep wrote: > Thanks for your reply: > > Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 04/06/08 13:43, Anton Pussep wrote: >>> I experience difficulties to access my PTP camera as non-root. The >>> camera is a Canon A580, that supports PTP via USB very well. I can >>> access the camera as root, but not as a local user. >> >>> Using the gphoto manual >>> (http://www.gphoto.org/doc/manual/permissions-usb.html) I tried to make >>> hotplug and HAL set permissions, but it did not work. For hotplug I >>> created a usbcam.usermap and a usbcam script, but the script does not >>> get executed. After that I tried HAL, but it seems like there is no >>> policy file for gphoto. >> >>> I don't know how to proceed in this problem, may be someone else has an >>> idea? Who should be responsible for setting rights in general, hotplug >>> or HAL? Why isn't there a policy file for gphoto, when there is an >>> information file? >> >> Add yourself to the camera and plugdev groups. > > There is no group "camera" in my system. I added myself to the group > "plugdev", however, but it did not help.
Then you need to create it. BTW, what branch are you running? > My main question is where are the permissions set? They are not > hardcoded or set magically I guess, there must be a script that is > responsible for doing so. By udev. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA We want... a Shrubbery!! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH+UcWS9HxQb37XmcRAlh5AKDUGrVo22ZiAAdwIZkI4DT9rJq8uQCgtpkY JLk0ZVp9W6M/gXpFWQC/1L8= =W8+L -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
