Pilot sync/usb question

[Serge de Souza]

Aaron O'Hara wrote:
> The issue I had was related to the fact that the dynamically created dev
> files (ttyUSB0 and ttyUSB1) didn't have sufficient permissions.  When I
> had my pilot program open, I pressed HotSync, followed by a chmod 777 of
> ttyUSB* and voila, it was working.  Of course, this is a hack.  A long
> term, proper, solution could be found in these URLs (provided by Craig
> White on this list):
> 
> http://webpages.charter.net/decibelshelp/LinuxHelp_UDEVPrimerMisc.html
> 
> Not necessary for this but if you want a lot more info on usb/udev
> etc...
> http://www.reactivated.net/udevrules.php
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> -- Aaron


A better approach IMHO is the one given in the second link 
http://www.reactivated.net/udevrules.php where there is a list of 
examples and one of them explains how to configure Palm Devices. This 
one does not make the device world writable but makes you the owner of it.

Serge