Permissions to access USB camera under debian

[Evgeniy Ginzburg]

ls /dev/ before and after connecting camera let you determine which /dev/
nodes are creared.
ls -l /dev/something gives you user and group this device node created
under.
id [username] gives you in which groups this user enlisted.
Add this user to group that have read/write access to node.
If unfortunately device node under root:root you'll have to mess with udev
rules.

Regards, Evgeniy.
 On Jul 2, 2013 8:09 PM, "Micha Feigin" <michf at post.tau.ac.il> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I'm trying to connect a camera (Mesa Imaging Swissranger specifically) to
> a Debian unstable box. I'm getting an error that the user does not have
> permissions to open the USB device (needs read/write access). Couldn't find
> any relevant group to add my user to to solve the problem. Any idea as to
> how to grant access?
>
> I've manged to get some information when running as sudo although it still
> was a bit problematic, and I'd rather explore the issue as a regular user
> and not root.
>
> Thanks
>
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