usbconfig lack of device or permission

shreyank amartya shreyankfbsd at gmail.com
Mon Sep 17 10:07:24 UTC 2018


ls -l /dev/usb output:
amd at amd-sham:~ % ls -l /dev/usb
total 0
crw-------  1 root  operator  0x2c Sep 17 10:01 0.1.0
crw-------  1 root  operator  0x34 Sep 17 10:01 0.1.1
crw-------  1 root  operator  0x46 Sep 17 15:31 0.2.0
crw-------  1 root  operator  0x59 Sep 17 15:31 0.2.1
crw-------  1 root  operator  0x4b Sep 17 15:31 0.3.0
crw-------  1 root  operator  0x4f Sep 17 15:31 0.3.1
crw-------  1 root  operator  0x50 Sep 17 15:31 0.3.2
crw-------  1 root  operator  0x51 Sep 17 15:31 0.3.3
crw-------  1 root  operator  0x52 Sep 17 15:31 0.4.0
crw-------  1 root  operator  0x54 Sep 17 15:31 0.4.1
crw-------  1 root  operator  0x57 Sep 17 15:31 0.5.0
crw-------  1 root  operator  0x5e Sep 17 15:31 0.5.1
crw-------  1 root  operator  0x5f Sep 17 15:31 0.5.2
crw-------  1 root  operator  0x60 Sep 17 15:31 0.5.3


On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 3:32 PM Hans Petter Selasky <hps at selasky.org> wrote:

> 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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