Hi Theodore, Thanks for your response.
Theodore Kilgore wrote: > > It is relevant here whether one is using devfs or not. If one is using > devfs, then the devices /dev/sg* do not exist, unless and until the sg > module gets loaded. In any event, if these files are created when the > machine gets booted up (presumes that the module gets loaded and the > scanner is attached to the computer too. Then it is possible (on my > Slackware system) to edit the file > > /etc/rc.d/rc.local > which is the last thing run during the boot sequence, and put in a=20 > command which says something like > chmod 666 /dev/sg1 $ cat /etc/rc.d/rc.local #!/bin/sh # # This script will be executed *after* all the other init scripts. # You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don't # want to do the full Sys V style init stuff. touch /var/lock/subsys/local as ROOT added following line to this file chmod 666 /dev/sg1 Rebooted the PC then it worked as ROOT only but not as USER as USER # ls -l /dev/sg1 crw------- 1 satimis root 21, 1 Apr 11 2002 /dev/sg1 Still have to issue # chmod -c 0666 /dev/sg1 to make it works B.Regards Stephen - snip -
