Re: permissions problems when using libusb

["Britton Kerin" <bkerin@fastmail.fm>]

Unfortunately someone on #debian on IRC said that the instructions in
that file are incorrect when then udev-created device is involved.  Or
something like that.  Sorry, I should have mentioned that originally.

Britton

On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:45:58 -0500, "Michael Shuler"
<michael@pbandjelly.org> said:
> On 09/10/2007 05:39 PM, Britton Kerin wrote:
> > I have a program that uses libusb and it only works from root.  When I
> > try
> > to run as a normal user I get errors like this:
> > 
> > avrdude: usb_open(): cannot read serial number "error sending control
> > message: Operation not permitted"
> > avrdude: usb_open(): cannot read product name "error sending control
> > message: Operation not permitted"
> > avrdude: usbdev_open(): error setting configuration 1: could not set
> > config 1: Operation not permitted
> > 
> > I didn't see a usb group in /etc/group or anything like that.  Can
> > anyone
> > tell me the preferred way to let users run programs that use libusb?
> 
> /usr/share/doc/libusb-0.1-4/README.Debian has some mount options that
> might be helpful in your situation.
> 
> -- 
> Kind Regards,
> Michael Shuler
> 
> 
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