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Bug 151741

Summary: UDEV: USB photocamera not accessible by default
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: takken <d.h.j.takken>
Component: [OLD] Core systemAssignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: 2006.0   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Linux   
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Runtime testing required: ---

Description takken 2006-10-17 12:46:36 UTC
The default UDEV rules do not allow members of the PLUGDEV or USB groups to access USB photocameras. At least not my Canon Powershot.

The UDEV rule

SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", PROGRAM="/bin/sh -c 'K=%k; K=$${K#usbdev}; printf bus/usb/%%03i/%%03i $${K%%%%.*} $${K#*.}'", NAME="%c", MODE="0644"

needs to be changed to

SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", PROGRAM="/bin/sh -c 'K=%k; K=$${K#usbdev}; printf bus/usb/%%03i/%%03i $${K%%%%.*} $${K#*.}'", NAME="%c", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev"

for USB photocamera to be accessible. This used to work some time ago, I guess the default Gentoo UDEV rules were changed.

Using udev-087-r1 by the way.
Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-10-17 12:59:10 UTC
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 134691 ***