On Friday 13 May 2005 12:39 pm, John Coppens wrote: > On Thu, 12 May 2005 16:51:38 -0400 > > "Terry D. Boldt" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just installed Fedora Core 3 (had been using RH8 Linux Kernal 2.4.20). > > > > Am having trouble getting permission for the local user (non-root) to > > use the scanners. I can run xsane (and vuescan) as root and the > > scanners are found and used no problem. But cannot do the same as a non- > > root user. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > I have an idea it might have something to do with settings the proper > > permissions someplace, but I have no idea where. > > Need more information (c)... > > Is it a parallel scanner or USB? If parallel, you'll have to run the > saned to be able to scan as non-priviledged user. > If USB, the trick is probably to change the permits of the USB ports > using the hotplug system.
usb - I am currently trying to get the hotplug system working. Changed the permissions in the file /etc/udev/permissions.d/50-udev.permissions as follows: # scanner devices #scanner:root:root:0600 scanner:root:root:0666 #usb/scanner*:root:root:0600 usb/scanner*:root:root:0666 No effect. I can change the permissions of the file /proc/bus/usb/0001/0003 which corresponds to the Epson scanner to "rw" for all (it is "rw" for root and "r" for all others. When I make this modification as root, then the scanner is found by xsane for users. Only this technique has to be done after each reboot. There must be a way to make it happen automagically at boot time. Thanks, Terry > > John
