I'm afraid I'll need a little more information ... these devices are for "userspace drivers", and it may be entirely correct for them to be owned by root if there is no known driver for the device.
Please supply a copy of "lsusb" with the drive, camera, etc. plugged in. You may find that your drive is accessible as /dev/sda1 and that your camera is /dev/sdb1 (a lot of cameras appear as mass storage devices and do not require a special device). ** Changed in: udev (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged => Medium Assignee: (unassigned) => Scott James Remnant Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- USB devices created with group root https://launchpad.net/bugs/53017 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs