usb permissions- better idea (right idea?)

[Craig White]

On Fri, 2006-11-03 at 12:34 -0700, Michael Havens wrote:
> I think the problem with my usb ports is that the permissions are wrong. the 
> reason I think this is that lsmod <1>, lspci <2>, and lsusb <3> do detect 
> them and I am in groups 'usb' <4>. Do you think I'm on the right track?
> 
> to fix this could I:
>      chown -R <usar> /*usb* /*USB*
> 
> or perhaps 
>      chmod -R 777  /*usb* /*USB*
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No - I think you are on the wrong track but I don't know
mepis/ubuntu/debian

My thinking is that udev handles the permissions for you.

http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html

Craig