the solution is udev, you need to google about it. On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 9:09 PM, stan<gryt2@xxxxx> wrote: > I managed to get a usb scanner working for root, but I don't want to > always have to go into /dev/bus/usb/002/ and change the permissions so a > regular user can use it. Is there an elegant way to allow a regular > user to run xsane for a USB scanner? That works even when it is not > present at boot but is hot plugged later? > > I didn't find anything in a web search, though there were hints that > this could be done through udev rules in /etc/udev/rules.d somehow. > There doesn't appear to be a scanner group or a usb group to add my user > to, and I think that creating an fstab entry with user permissions like > cd and dvd for usb is obsolete. > > So, what is the solution? > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > -- ------------ Itamar Reis Peixoto e-mail/msn: itamar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx sip: itamar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx skype: itamarjp icq: 81053601 +55 11 4063 5033 +55 34 3221 8599 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines