[Cialug] Streaming USB webcam video

[Matt Stanton]

This is a horrible attempt at a multi-quote in email, but I'm on my tablet, so I don't want to respond twice.

Someone wrote, but I forgot who:

> The FTP process is part of the TinCam application. I do not see any place to
> change the process. I have changed various options but none have made any
> difference in the file security issue. I have not found where the script for the
> process is yet. I may try the other application that was suggested (Flumotion)
> instead.
>
> Thanks!

You can generally configure the FTP server to force all uploaded files to use a certain set of permissions.  I think vsftpd uses a config variable called something like "umask" or something that contains that term.  If you set it to "022" everything tht is uploaded has permissions of "644".  "022" is the default config for vsftpd, I believe.  If you don't "own" the FTP server, then you'll have no control over this, though.  I assume you're uploading to a web host, though, and they will generally compartmentalize user accounts like this by default.  If it *is* your server, then you should check to see if there is a settng that allows you to set default permissions.


-----Original Message-----
From: "L. V. Lammert" <lvl at omnitec.net>
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
Sent: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Streaming USB webcam video

> On Wed, 23 Nov 2011, Jeffrey Ollie wrote:

> > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 12:46 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > A better solution would be to install VirtualBox and just build a VM for
> > > the envrionment you need (Windoze OR Linux).
> >
> > Unfortunately that doesn't work very well if you need access to
> > hardware like a webcam.
> >
> That's true, .. I assumed it was ethernet or USB.

> 	Lee

You can actually use USB devices on the host system inside the guest system if you install the proprietary additions provided by Oracle on the Virtualbox website.  You then install the "guest additions" in the guest OS and you can then use USB devices, resize the VM's window and have it automatically resize a Windows or Xorg screen, and other nifty things.  The only drawback to this is that you're using software that is not free (libre) or open source.

-- Matt
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://cialug.org/pipermail/cialug/attachments/20111123/113dc860/attachment.html>