On Sun, 2008-06-29 at 02:27 +0000, Amadeus W.M. wrote: > Precisely what is the reason xsane can't be used as non-root users? > > I have a usb-connected Brother all-in-one. In F8 I was able to use it as > myself. No longer so in F9, with an I/O error which I suspect was due to > the 660 permissions on the appropriate /dev/usb device. I can use it as > root just fine. > > In what obscure udev/hal file do I have to change 660 to 666? I found > > > ACTION=="add", KERNEL=="sg[0-9]*", BUS=="scsi", ATTRS{type}=="3|6", SYMLINK > +="scanner scanner-%k", MODE="0660" > > in /etc/udev/rules.d/40-redhat.rules > > Is this the right place? Should I? > > In fact, I just changed the permissions manually to /dev/usbdev* and I'm > getting the same error: > > Failed to open device `brother2:bus4;dev2': > Error during device I/O. > > Any help? ---- when all you have is a hammer, I guess that everything just looks like a nail. First link from www.google.com/linux search terms 'Brother scanner USB udev' linked this... http://solutions.brother.com/linux/sol/printer/linux/linux_faq.html Google is your friend. Hammering file system or files that will be replaced by updates is counterproductive. Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list