Thanks thats probably it ... Looks like the place to fix it and then I can get rid of my primitive little patchscript I changed just the permissions to 770 - v4l is not really a securityrisk right ? How about the risk to add apaches cgi execution group (apache) to group 'sys' ? cheers Tobias ----- Original Message ----- From: "Xavier Wielemans" <xavier.wielemans@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 01:35 Subject: Re: Can't open device /dev/video > Take a look at file /etc/security/console.perms > > Comment out all lines containing "video" or "v4l". > > It should work better. > > (I didn't understand clearly the role of this file, but everytime a > "normal" user logs on, it modifies the permissions on the files listed in > console.perms). > > Good luck ! > > Willy > > At 15:53 Friday 23/03/01 -0800, you wrote: > >Can't open device /dev/video > > > >says my w3cam frequently > > > >Even though I made a script > >that looks like this: > > > >cat S88ownVideo > > chown root:sys /dev/video0 > > chmod 777 /dev/video0 > > > >while sys is a group that I added apache to > >and apache is the user under which (per linuxconf) apache accesses CGIs > > > >I got that script linked in rc3.d and rc5.d > > > >sometimes I get that failure > >even when the permissions were still fine > >Sometimes those permissions don't seem to get changed or get changed after > >the change - What would be doing that ? > > > >Sure there is something I should do better - Am all ear ! > > > >I have two setups PIII one with a Creative CPIA Cam II > >and one with an avermedia BT878 based card > > > >--------------- > > > >To all other Java enthusiasts on the list : > >Yesterday I found jv4l its at > >http://opaque.myip.org/jv4l/ > >(Hey Swiss Guys - there is someone you can compare notes with) > >And naturally "I found it on freshmeat.net (tm)" > >http://freshmeat.net/projects/javawebcamservletapplet/ same guy > > > >So thanks everybuddy ! > > > >cheeers > > > >Tobias > > > >P.S.: > >Am Still Praying for forgivenes for my agressive style the other day ! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Video4linux-list mailing list > >Video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Video4linux-list mailing list > Video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list
