[mythtv-users] card#0 - Permission Denied!

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Thu Mar 16 16:34:04 UTC 2006


On Mar 16, 2006, at 9:13 AM, Warren wrote:

>  `Not necessarily.  The dvb devices use up so much bandwidth that  
> it is logical to assume that the program accessing them will need  
> access to realtime scheduling as well, which is also a root-only  
> function.  Making dvb devices owned by root to me is the natural  
> thing to do.
>

You have a point, I guess there is no "one size fits all" answer.

I guess I just resist anybody making decisions for me, but they can  
always be changed.

I'll try and write up something for the WiKi about changing device  
permissions on udev systems.


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