On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 05:50:48PM -0400, Chuck wrote: > i have a 64bit centos5 guest running, however i need for it to see the usb ports. the > application i will be using requires the usb encryption key installed at all times. > presently lsusb does not see anything. i have looked in the capabilities and flags page > but cannot find anything specific to releasing the usb ports to the guest. > is there a way? If the key generates some entry in /dev, you might just try and mknod that very device within the guest. udevadm monitor might give you a hint there. If the device exists somewhere else all the time you might try and just write an udev-script that creates this device within the guest on the fly (and possibly removes it again when it is removed) Currently I am doing similar things for keyboard/mouse/USB-VGA adapter, however, the setup is not yet finished for my goals. The code my work bases on is at git clone http://git.plugable.com/webdav/misc-udlfb the 'usbseat' stuff has working examples for udev-generated devices and scripts running as a result. They are easy to understand and you should be able to adopt them (basically remove most of the lines) easily. Regards, _are_ -- LiHAS - Adrian Reyer - Hessenwiesenstraße 10 - D-70565 Stuttgart Fon: +49 (7 11) 78 28 50 90 - Fax: +49 (7 11) 78 28 50 91 Mail: lihas@lihas.de - Web: http://lihas.de Linux, Netzwerke, Consulting & Support - USt-ID: DE 227 816 626 Stuttgart