Re: Suggestion : generic permission rule for WMC devices (phones)

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 04:15:08PM +0100, Olivier Berger wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> (I'm not subscribed to the list, so I hope to be able to post
> anyway. Please reply to me then also ;)
> 
> I'd like to make a suggestion for addition of a rule for permissions
> of "WMC Devices" i.e. Wireless Mobile Communication devices, in the
> default rules on Debian, which would allow users in group dialout to
> access their phones over OBEX on USB cables, with OpenOBEX (on devices
> like /dev/bus/usb/002/012, used by obexftp) :
> 
> I think that something like :
> SUBSYSTEM="usb_device",                        GROUP="dialout", \
>         ATTRS{configuration}="WMC Device"
> would fit.
> 
> I think such a rule would be generic enough to catch all mobile
> phones, and I'd prefer something like that instead of multiple rules
> for each phone. Actually for mine (Sony ericsson K610i) this one also
> works, but is less generic, then :
> SUBSYSTEM="usb_device",                        GROUP="dialout", \
>         ATTRS{idVendor}="0fce", ATTRS{idProduct}="d046"
> 
> I'd like to have your opinion on this idea. I'm just afraid the
> ATTRS{configuration}="WMC Device" and SUBSYSTEM="usb_device" would
> be too much generic and cause other issues...

I think that would be too generic, and odds are the {configuration} will
not always match too.

You are going to probably have to have a lot of different rules for all
of the different phones, sorry.

Blame the manufacturers for this mess.

good luck,

greg k-h

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