usbconfig lack of device or permission

Hans Petter Selasky hps at selasky.org
Mon Sep 17 10:02:31 UTC 2018


On 9/17/18 11:59 AM, shreyank amartya wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am able to view usb devices with usbconfig when i'm logged in as a root
> user. But, I'm not able to view any devices when I log in as a user. I have
> added this user to wheel,operator groups. What am I missing here?
> 
> Usb devices appear as /dev/ugen0.[1-5]. I ask this because vlc will not run
> as root and when run as user it gets permission denied when trying to
> access the usb cam device to capture video.
> 
> I'm new to FreeBSD.

What permissions are on /dev/usb ?

ls -l /dev/usb

--HPS


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