Re: Xsane, Mandrake 9.1 and permissions
From: Randy Powell (nospam_stunter2001_at_charter.net)
Date: 09/10/03
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Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 21:52:09 -0700
On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 08:34:47 -0700, Christian Bräunlich wrote:
> Are you in the group scanner?
> You must be in that group, and have access to the /dev file on which the
> scanner is attached.
>
>
> I have a usb scanner at my system, and everyone has write access to
> /dev/usb/scanner0.
> chrissie@balearen:~$ ls -l /dev/usb/scanner0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root
> root 180, 48 Mar 14 2002 /dev/usb/scanner0
> chrissie@balearen:~$
Christian,
Strangely, I added the scanner group to my user profile, but no dice. I
checked in the /dev/usb directory and there is no scanner0. The directory
is empty. Hmm..
That's weird. As I note, it works fine from root, just can't get it to
work from my user account.
Randy
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