Suggestion : generic permission rule for WMC devices (phones)

Suggestion : generic permission rule for WMC devices (phones)

[Olivier Berger]

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 hope you'll find this idea interesting and you will be able to
confirm my intuition.

Thanks in advance for your insight.

Best regards,

P.S.: I documented my current setup at
http://www.olivierberger.com/weblog/index.php/2006/11/12/66-transfering-files-to-the-sony-ericsson-k610i-from-gnu-linux-through-usb-obex
if you need some details on the context.

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

[Greg KH]

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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