You need to make sure the user able to access the /proc/bus/usb/NNN/YYY "files". A hotplug script can do that.
On Thu, 17 Mar 2005, Uwe [iso-8859-1] D�rr wrote: > Arnaud, > thanks for your reply. > > Because libhid is based on libusb and libusb is a usermode driver, does this > mean that the application linked with libusb must be running under root? > Please correct me if I am wrong. > > I tried libusb in the past and I can remember, that I had to set the setuid > bit for the linked application to get it run. > This is one thing which I want to avoid and therefore this time I selected > hiddev to program to. BTW, hiddev would fit nicely for the things I want to > do .... > > On Thursday 17 March 2005 08:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > ... > > > > You might also want to give a try to libhid > > which is a userland HID library, based on libusb. > > It's not complete, though it should answer your need... > > > > See: http://alioth.debian.org/projects/libhid > > > > Arnaud > > --- > > Linux / Unix Expert - MGE UPS SYSTEMS - R&D Dpt > > OpenSource Developer - http://arnaud.quette.free.fr/ > > Debian Developer - http://people.debian.org/~aquette/ > > ... and much more ... > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > > _______________________________________________ > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users > -- /------------------------------------+-------------------------\ |Stephen J. Gowdy | SLAC, MailStop 34, | |http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~gowdy/ | 2575 Sand Hill Road, | |http://calendar.yahoo.com/gowdy | Menlo Park CA 94025, USA | |EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tel: +1 650 926 3144 | \------------------------------------+-------------------------/ ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
