using xsane as non-root user
Amadeus W.M.
amadeus84 at verizon.net
Sun Jun 29 03:29:38 UTC 2008
On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:03:20 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-06-29 at 02:27 +0000, Amadeus W.M. wrote:
>> Precisely what is the reason xsane can't be used as non-root users?
>>
>> I have a usb-connected Brother all-in-one. In F8 I was able to use it
>> as myself. No longer so in F9, with an I/O error which I suspect was
>> due to the 660 permissions on the appropriate /dev/usb device. I can
>> use it as root just fine.
>>
>> In what obscure udev/hal file do I have to change 660 to 666? I found
>>
>>
>> ACTION=="add", KERNEL=="sg[0-9]*", BUS=="scsi", ATTRS{type}=="3|6",
>> SYMLINK +="scanner scanner-%k", MODE="0660"
>>
>> in /etc/udev/rules.d/40-redhat.rules
>>
>> Is this the right place? Should I?
>>
>> In fact, I just changed the permissions manually to /dev/usbdev* and
>> I'm getting the same error:
>>
>> Failed to open device `brother2:bus4;dev2': Error during device I/O.
>>
>> Any help?
> ----
> when all you have is a hammer, I guess that everything just looks like a
> nail.
>
> First link from www.google.com/linux
> search terms 'Brother scanner USB udev'
>
> linked this...
>
> http://solutions.brother.com/linux/sol/printer/linux/linux_faq.html
>
> Google is your friend. Hammering file system or files that will be
> replaced by updates is counterproductive.
>
> Craig
Thanks for the pointer. I don't recall that I had to do anything to get it
to work in F8 (but I guess I must have), so I was quick to assume it was a
bug in F9.
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