bin/129963: [newusb] usbconfig(8) fails with misleading error when
run as a normal user
Bruce Cran
bruce at cran.org.uk
Fri Dec 26 14:50:01 PST 2008
>Number: 129963
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: [newusb] usbconfig(8) fails with misleading error when run as a normal user
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Fri Dec 26 22:50:01 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Bruce Cran
>Release: 8.0-CURRENT
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD tauon.draftnet 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #0: Wed Dec 24 08:36:23 GMT 2008 brucec at tauon.draftnet:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/HP amd64
>Description:
usbconfig(8) fails with the confusing error message "No device match" when the current user doesn't have required privileges to access the usb2 subsystem. For example:
> usbconfig list
No device match
> sudo usbconfig list
[list of USB devices]
>How-To-Repeat:
Run usbconfig as a normal user.
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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