recent linux systems actually use files in /dev/bus/usb instead. allan
2008/8/22 Kanito 73 <kanito73 at hotmail.com>: > Hi list > > One question, how can I set by hand permissions to the usb scanner device to > be worldwide accessible? I tried > > chmod 777 /proc/bus/usb/00#/00# > > # are the specified numers by sane-find-scanner (or at least I guess that) > but normal user can't access... > > They only way to recognize the scanner as normal user was setuid to root > scanimage, but it didn't work with xsane throwing an error that GTK does not > allow setuid... so, I want to change permissions by hand and make it > worldwide accesible, there's no problem am the only person that uses this > computer and the scanner, so I don't care it could be 777 > > Can anybody tell me how can I change the permissions by hand and get rid of > udev while I find a solution? > > > Thanks > > > > ________________________________ > Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live > Spaces. It's easy! Try it! > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org > -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
