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Wandar
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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 7:27 am Post subject: Making joystick available to normal users by default

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Hi.

As you know the joystick device is at

Code:

/dev/input/js0

However normal user is unable to use it, because the permissions are set to

Code:

crw-------

So, when I want to play, first I need to su root and change the permissions so that normal user can read the device. The problem is that the given permissions will naturally disappear when computer is shut down.

Is there a way to make those permissions permanent?

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Voltago
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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 7:29 am Post subject:

If you are using udev, there certainly is. After installation, look into /etc/udev/permissions.d/* for guidance.

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Parasietje
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 4:41 pm Post subject:

If you use devfsd, look into /etc/devfsd.conf, the file is very easy to adjust. Just register the device with mod 660, and register it as group 'games'. Good luck

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