Frank Cox wrote: > On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:41:51 -0800 > Rick Stevens <rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> You're right regarding SCSI vs. USB. I suspect a similar line in udev >> might handle USB as well, but I've not tried it. Regardless, couldn't >> one could change the /etc/security/console.perms.d/50-default.perms file >> to use 666 permissions? All the he's really worried about is allowing >> anyone to use the scanner, not who owns it. > > Unfortunately, I don't have a /dev/scanner or /dev/usb/scanner device as > listed in /etc/security/console.perms.d/50-default.perms; this scanner doesn't > seem to do whatever it needs to do to create one. > > It works, though -- I can scan as root. > The problem is that unless the permission is changed, access to USB devices are limited to root. I am not sure what scanner you have, but it looks like it is not one of the ones covered in 60-libsane.rules. You may want to follow the instructions at the top of that file to add it in. You can get the idVender and idProduct from /proc/bus/usb/devices, or by using lsusb. After there is a rule to create the scanner symlink, console.perms should take care of setting the correct permissions. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
