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Re: PTP camera, setting rights does not work



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On 04/06/08 16:31, Anton Pussep wrote:
> 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.

Then you need to create it.  BTW, what branch are you running?

> 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.

By udev.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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