UsbAsp programmer

[jclassic1]

Just tried to flash my kk board with my usbasp and it says the unit is not recognizes so unable to open it.

this is the message I am getting

AVRDUDE Warning cannot open USB device
Permission denied
avrdude error could not find usb device with vid=0x16c0 pid=0x5dc vender=www.fischl.de product=USBasp

Error during writing flash

Hope someone can tell how I can make it recognize the usb port the programmer is using.

Thanks

John