On Thursday 30 Oct 2003 1:15 am, Bill Mullen wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > Now all I have to do is find out how to keep the right perms on
> > /dev/video*
>
> You can try editing /etc/security/console.perms, looking for the
> line near the bottom of that file that reads:
>
> <console> 0600 <v4l> 0600 root.sys
>
> And then changing it to:
>
> <console> 0666 <v4l> 0666 root.sys
>
> That *might* do what you want (you'll need to reboot afterwards,
> for it to take effect, AFAICT).
>
> HTH!

That did it.  I'd been trying to control it through 
/etc/security/msec/perm.local.  After the reboot I opened 
GnomeMeeting and it fired up with video immediately.

Thanks, Bill

Anne
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