Return-Path: From: Marcel Holtmann To: pkicad@yahoo.es, BlueZ users In-Reply-To: <200709201335.29616.pkicad@yahoo.es> References: <200709201335.29616.pkicad@yahoo.es> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:44:48 +0200 Message-Id: <1190364288.5133.21.camel@aeonflux.holtmann.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] Permission denied: hcitools Reply-To: BlueZ users List-Id: BlueZ users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: bluez-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: bluez-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Hi Pedro, > Sorry if the topic has been aswered, but I have not found it in the > bluez-users archives. > > When trying some hcitools, I am unable to use them but being root. I want to > run them as a "normal" user. > > Is there any group the user needs to belong to or any other way to have > privileges on hcitools, hcidump, l2ping, etc? if you don't wanna use them as root, then don't use them at all. It is really as simple as that. The new D-Bus based interface should be used anyway. Regards Marcel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bluez-users mailing list Bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-users