SuperUser permission for the Driver??

[pgf at laptop.org]

shivaprasad wrote:
 > But I got one more question for you, now to install the activity and having
 > it running I have to copy the rules file into /etc/udev/rules.d folder. How
 > can I do this while installing the activity itself. ( I need to make sure
 > that when I unzip my activity .xo file the rules file lands in the
 > /etc/udev/rules.d folder)


james wrote:
 > But /etc/udev/rules.d is executed as root, so your activity would still
 > need excessive privilege.

unless i'm misunderstanding, it seems to me that this is a
problem that needs to be solved -- there are lots of little
user-oriented USB devices that an activity might like to have
access to -- serial, GPS, cameras, etc.  just as we make USB
storage devices accessible to the user, we need to allow for
other types of h/w accessories.  (i have an activity that needs
this as well, if it's to be useable without unix commandline
knowledge.)

paul
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 paul fox, pgf at laptop.org