Re: PTP camera, setting rights does not work

[Anton Pussep <anton-ml@pussep.de>]

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.

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.

Best,
Anton