halevt run as init script doesn't mount for users

nemesis9 · 11-04-2009, 11:00 AM

I run halevt as a user, everything is good, I get a mount point, I can access the device, etc. It would be nice to run it as a service using the halevt init script, but in that case, the device doesn't get a mount point, and the user doesn't have access to the device. Is there anyway to make this work for the user who is logged in?

Thanks

markush · 11-05-2009, 08:38 AM

Hello nemesis9,

on my system halevt runs as user root and group plugdev when started by root as a daemon. In this case I get a mountpoint but cannot get writeaccess to the device as a normal user. This is configured in the halevt initscript you refer to.
I think, how to change this depends on your distribution. Roughly speaking: the halevt-deamon must run as a group to which the user belongs as well.

Markus