On Saturday 02 December 2006 20:04, Peter Kropf wrote: hotplug & lsusb were already on my system so I followed this, and it worked! I'm not sure what will happen on a restart but I have it working at last. Thank you very much. I predict the next daft question in about a days time.
(Is there any command line alternative to vi; it seems that vi and I will never form a stable relationship) > Also take a look at http://www.owfs.org/index.php?page=permissions and > http://www.owfs.org/index.php?page=hotplug. If you have something > other than hotplug or udev installed, let me know and we'll figure out > how to get things working for you. > > - Peter > > On 12/2/06, Paul Alfille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There has been recent spate of interest ion this topic. See > > http://www.owfs.org/index.php?page=217 for a great writeup > > by Peter Kropf. The problem is that hardware access by non-root users is > > a security risk, and so not allowed without explicit permission. > > Permission is easy for serial ports, which usually have a static device, > > but dynamically allocated devices, like the USB ports, require a little > > fancier setup. > > > > I've written a script that automates this -- perhaps it will work on > > Mandriva. > > > > See > > http://owfs.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/owfs/owfs/src/scripts/usb/suse > >_setup.sh?revision=1.1&content-type=text%2Fplain > > > > basically it allows users in group "ow" (configurable) to access the USB > > device. > > > > If the script works on Mandriva, please report back. > > > > Paul Alfille > > > > On 12/2/06, chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > I'm installing owfs on Mandriva free 2007 and upon trying to start owfs > > > /opt/owfs/bin/owfs -u /mnt/owfs > > > > > > gives: > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# ./owfs -u /mnt/owfs > > > Could not open the USB adapter. Is there a problem with permissions? > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# ls /mnt/owfs > > > bus.0/ settings/ statistics/ structure/ system/ > > > > uncached/ > > > > > Which permissions of what should I examine to hopefully resolve this? > > > I have usbview and the usb interface is viewable but no other usb tools > > > > are > > > > > installed to my knowledge. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > > > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > > > > your > > > > > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > > > > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Owfs-developers mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/owfs-developers > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > > your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn > > cash > > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Owfs-developers mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/owfs-developers > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Owfs-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/owfs-developers ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Owfs-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/owfs-developers
