# Configuring USB device access (Linux only)

Linux is by default a multi-user system, so it has to have a policy to determine who can access various devices. This includes those that can be plugged into to a USB port.

For devices known to the operating system (which these days includes most digital cameras, scanners, MIDI interfaces etc.), a logged-in user will be granted access automatically. However, for devices that the OS doesn't recognize (even if there is software on it that can use it), this is not the case. It is possible to configure Linux to reverse this policy and grant all users access to all devices, but this is not recommended for security reasons.

## Configuring Access to a Frontier Design Tranzport

Using the Tranzport on Linux requires a couple of extra steps to enable non-administrative users to access the device.

First, you need to login as the administrative user ("root"). Then put the following into a new file called `/etc/hotplug/usb/tranzport`

    #!/bin/sh

    if [ $ACTION = "add" ] && [ -f $DEVICE ] ; then
        chmod 0666 $DEVICE
    fi
    exit 0

Then make sure that the file is executable by running

    chmod +x /etc/hotplug/usb/tranzport

Second, edit the file `/etc/hotplug/usb.usermap` by adding the following 2 lines to the end of it (make sure that the 2nd line is not split across multiple lines, even though it is very long):

    # Frontier Design Tranzport
    tranzport            0x0000      0x165b   0x8101    0x0000       0x0000      0x00         0x00            0x00            0x00          0x00               0x00               0x00000000

After doing these steps, the next time you plugin your Tranzport it will be accessible to you as a regular user.