/proc/bus/usb has permissions 664 and gid of 'usb' for all items. udev should provide the same for /dev/bus/usb, so users in the 'usb' group can access usb devices from userland (eg sane, gphoto). Signed-off-by: Robin H. Johnson Index: files/udev.rules-098 =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/sys-fs/udev/files/udev.rules-098,v retrieving revision 1.1 diff -u -3 -p -w -b -B -r1.1 udev.rules-098 --- files/udev.rules-098 31 Aug 2006 04:58:44 -0000 1.1 +++ files/udev.rules-098 13 Nov 2006 10:10:36 -0000 @@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ KERNEL=="issm*", NAME="infiniband/%k" # usbfs-like device nodes -SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", PROGRAM="/bin/sh -c 'K=%k; K=$${K#usbdev}; printf bus/usb/%%03i/%%03i $${K%%%%.*} $${K#*.}'", NAME="%c", MODE="0644" +SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", PROGRAM="/bin/sh -c 'K=%k; K=$${K#usbdev}; printf bus/usb/%%03i/%%03i $${K%%%%.*} $${K#*.}'", NAME="%c", MODE="0664", GROUP="usb" # Module autoloading