On Sat 31 Jul 2021 at 17:17:29 +0100, mick crane wrote: > On 2021-07-31 16:32, Brian wrote: > > > grep scanner /etc/groups > > cat /etc/default/saned > > > I keep thinking it should be groups and not group as well.
An embarassing typo :). > me and saned are in scanner group > /etc/default/saned > RUN_AS_USER=saned You do not need to be in the scanner group. This requirement disappeared years ago but it still gets repeated (ad nauseam). See https://wiki.debian.org/Scanner#perms > > > How to find which is the scanner in /dev if it is supposed to be > > > there? > > > Xsane works fine. > > > > I thought it was /dev/sg2. > I said I thought it might be sg2 and wondered how to find out. Scanners are treated as SCSI devices and therefore come under /dev/sg*. Look for the + and use getfacl. As a really naff method, move the device file out of the way and see whether you can scan. -- Brian.
