On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 01:22:30PM GMT, Neil Telford wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm wondering how to access my webcam as a normal user. I verified that it
> does work, but I can only access it as root. Therefore, it is currently not
> available for web-based video calls.
> 
> If I run ls -la /dev/video0, it shows:
> 
> crw-r-----  1 root  wheel   44,   0 Feb  5 13:35 /dev/video
> 
> As I am a member of the wheel group, I should in theory be able to access
> it, What am I missing here ?

Group write permission.

> Thanks, Neil,.

Raf

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