On óÂÔ, 2002-02-23 at 22:36, Vincent Meyer, MD wrote: > Hi, > > Decided to play with my webcam today for a few. There seems to be > a problem with permissions. > > [root@localhost dev]# ls -l vid* > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 10 Feb 23 13:19 video -> v4l/video0 > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 10 Feb 23 13:19 video0 -> v4l/video0 > [root@localhost dev]# cd /v4l > bash: cd: /v4l: No such file or directory > [root@localhost dev]# cd v4l > [root@localhost v4l]# ls -l > total 0 > crw------- 1 meyerv sys 81, 0 Dec 31 1969 video0 > > > This is a problem when using w3cam, as Apache is not running as > meyerv - so permission denied. >
Edit /etc/security/console.perms to match your needs. Or even simply remove it from there and manually set any permissions you like. Normally it is assumed that only locally logged user would use such devices. -andrej
