On Tuesday 06 January 2009, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <[email protected]> > > "Garrett Cooper" <[email protected]> writes: > : On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Hans Petter Selasky <[email protected]> wrote: > : > On Saturday 03 January 2009, Volker wrote: > : >> On 01/03/09 01:35, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > : >> > On Wednesday 31 December 2008, [email protected] wrote: > : >> >> Synopsis: [newusb] usbconfig(8) fails with misleading error when > : >> >> run as a normal user > : >> >> > : >> >> Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-usb > : >> >> Responsible-Changed-By: vwe > : >> >> Responsible-Changed-When: Wed Dec 31 12:55:52 UTC 2008 > : >> >> Responsible-Changed-Why: > : >> >> reassign > : >> >> > : >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=129963 > : >> > > : >> > Hi, > : >> > > : >> > "usbconfig" will only show USB devices which the user has access to. > : >> > > : >> > What should be the correct display message when no devices are > : >> > accessible due to innsufficient permissions? > : >> > > : >> > --HPS > : >> > : >> Hans, > : >> > : >> what about "access denied" or "insufficient privileges"? > : >> > : >> Someone might have a better idea but everything should be better than > : >> silently refusing to do anything. > : >> > : >> Volker > : > > : > Is this Ok: > : > > : > http://perforce.freebsd.org/chv.cgi?CH=155731 > : > > : > --HPS > : > : Eh? I still think that strerror or something along those lines would > : be more helpful. > : > : You could also do > : > : if (getuid() != 0) { > : errx(1, "Cluebat -- you might not be able to read the usb devices > : if you're not root"); > : } > : > : or... > : > : struct stat usb_s; > : > : int fd = open(..., O_RDONLY /* blah, blah... */); > : > : if (fd == -1) { > : errx(1, "Does the file -- %s -- exist?", file); > : } > : > : if (fstat(fd, &usb_s) == -1) { > : errx(1, "Couldn't stat the file: %s", file); > : } > : > : if (!S_IRUSR(usb_s.st_mode) && !S_IRGRP(usb_s.st_mode) && > : !S_IROTH(usb_s.st_mode)) { > : errx(1, "File not readable (do you have read permissions?)"); > : } > : > : /* Continue on merry way reading devices; maybe use strerror(3) for > : more intuitive error messages? */ > : > : Thoughts? > > Do you really have to be root to find the devices, if so, that's bad. > Very bad. xsane refuses to run as root. I have: >
No, no. That's wrong. Do it like this for example: usbconfig -u xxx -a xxx set_owner xxx set_perm 660 This won't have no effect at all with USB2: > [localrules=10] > add path 'uscanner*' mode 0660 > > to make it work. /dev/usb* in old usb allow listing w/o privs... > --HPS _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-usb To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
