On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:30:49 -0500 "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> If they use the same protocal, then it is mainly a matter of adding > the usb ID. > > Do you want a quick and dirty fix, or a somewhat better, but more > complicated fix? Simple fixes: > > mount -o remount,devmode=664,gid=<group_number> /proc/bus/usb > > Replace <group_number> with the number of the group you want to give > access. Maybe create a scanner group. > > mount -o remount,devmode=666 /proc/bus/usb > > This gives access to everybody. > > The problem with both of these is that it gives access to all the > USB devices. > > A more complicated solution involves a udev rule tailored to your > scanner that sets the ownership/permissions for the device. I have a > setup like that for allowing specific devices to be used in > VirtualBox virtual machines if you want it. Thank you for the possibilities, but it looks like the hal solution will do what I want. And is the *official* way. :-) -- fedora-list mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
