[Pkg-bluetooth-maintainers] Bug#387542: bluez-utils: wrong permissions hcitool

[Filippo Giunchedi]

On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 05:43:28PM -0400, Arnout Boelens wrote:
> Package: bluez-utils
> Version: 3.1-4+b1
> Severity: normal
> 
> I have a bluetooth headset I want to connect to as a normal user. I am in the
> dialout group and can perform a "hcitool scan". However if I want to connect to
> the headset using "hcitool cc <bdaddr>" I get a "Can't create connection:
> Operation not permitted". When I am logged in as root, connecting works
> perfectly.

I think this bug doesn't apply anymore, connecting to an headset is handled by
alsa these days and users in netdev group (bluetooth group from the next
upload) can use bluetooth (IOW send messages to bluetoothd via dbus)

What do you think?

filippo
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