How do I allow automatic non root access to my non standard USB device ?

Linuxguy123 linuxguy123 at gmail.com
Tue Jan 20 00:20:42 UTC 2009


I'm doing some embedded development and my flash programmer has a USB
interface.  Everything works fine if I program the device as root, but
I'd like to be able to do it as a regular user.  I get port permission
errors if I try to run the programmer as a regular user.

$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 064e:a101 Suyin Corp. Laptop integrated WebCam
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 006: ID 15ba:0003 Olimex Ltd. OpenOCD JTAG
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 046d:c512 Logitech, Inc. LX-700 Cordless Desktop
Receiver
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 004: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial
Port
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 07ca:a321 AVerMedia Technologies, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 03f0:171d Hewlett-Packard Wireless (Bluetooth +
WLAN) Interface [Integrated Module]
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 08ff:2580 AuthenTec, Inc. AES2501 Fingerprint
Sensor
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub


My programmer is the Olimex Ltd. OpenOCD JTAG device on bus 7.

The documentation for the device says it needs access to /proc/bus/usb.

I can allow regular user access by manually issuing a chown command for
the port, but then I'd have to do it every time I reboot or unplug the
programmer.   How do I set it up to happen automatically in F10 ?

Thanks !








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