On Sat, 2005-09-03 at 20:43 -0700, Sean O'Connell wrote: > On Sun, 2005-09-04 at 12:30 +0900, Dave Gutteridge wrote: > > >If you look at the above - it already is usable (in fact owned) by the > > >user dave. > > > > > > > > Well, if you say so, I believe you. > > The reason I think I don't have the correct permissions settings is > > because on the following web page, it says that the error I get is > > because the permissions are wrong. If I already have the "correct" > > permissions settings, and I still get this error, then I'm at a loss to > > diagnose the problem. > > http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/Running_JPilot_as_a_non-privileged_user.html > > > > > > > > >make sure that 'jpilot' or any other program that you wish to use to > > >sync your Palm, uses /dev/pilot > > > > > > > > In the JPilot preferences page, it has a field for entering in "Serial > > Port". In that field I have "/dev/pilot". > > There does not seem to be an option or way to specify whether or not the > > connection is USB, but I assume if it's going to /dev/pilot then it > > should be looking in the right place...? > > It looks like /dev/pilot is owned by you, but (iirc) the palms/visors > and such use /dev/pilot and one other USB channel to do the sync. Based > on your earlier comments, it look like it might require you to also > own /dev/ttyUSB0. One thing that you might be able to do is use > > /etc/security/console.perms > > Add the following entries (below the comments) > > # device classes -- these are shell-style globs > <pilot> /dev/ttyUSB* > > # permission definitions > <console> 0660 <pilot> 0660 root.uucp > > Then log off and back in. This should set things up so that the person > logged in on the machine console (X or virtual console) will own these > devices. ---- /etc/security/console.perms would clearly be the wrong place to do that this is udev stuff... evidently this is in a state of flux but on FC-3 and I would presume CentOS-4 you would want to have an entry... # cat /etc/udev/permissions.d/10-udev.permissions #set Palm Pilot rwx pilot*:root:usb:0666 pilot*:craig:usb:0666 Craig