[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > With 9.0 I am having problems with a scanner connected to a server and > users trying to scan from the server or, most usually, from other > computer in the intranet. It seems that the first user that try to > access the scanner after it has been switched on is automatycally the > owner (permisions of the /dev/usb/scanner0 user: the mentioned first > user to try it, group: root). So in this session others users can't > access to the scanner; I have tryed to change the device users, but it > doesn't run. Finally I created from the scratch the node (mknode > /dev/usb/scanner0 c 180 48) with the scanner off, changed the > permissions (chmod 666 /dev/usb/scanner0) and the epson.conf (is an > epson scanner) and dll.conf, and then isnmod scanner vendor=..... > product=..... And it is runing now for everyuser! :-) > > If I use scannerdrake to reconfigure the scanner, the problems appears > again. > > I don't know if this is a bug or a missing thing of scannerdrake or > sane, but I would like to comment it because in one or other way I think > it should be improved. >
Perms will be reset later when someone logs in again. You need to fix your /etc/security/console.perms to allow the users you want to scan. Actually, in this environment, using saned might be better ... since users don't need to be in special groups to access the scanner that way. Buchan -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
