scanner only as root

[Soren Hauberg]

Hi,
Thanks for the quick reply

Sebastian Müsch wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I think, you'll have to change the Access-rights of the device-node, so the
> scanning-User has Read/Write-Access.
> 
> To do this:
> 1. Create a group called scanner (or a group you'll like)
The group scanner allready existed
> 2. Add the users you want allow to scan to this group
I added my account to this group using gnome-system-tools
> 3. Add a code sniplet to an init-script to chown and chmod the device on
> boot, so the users of the group "scanner" can RW on it.
Before I start to create init scripts (this is ubuntu not gentoo :-) ) I 
have tried the following:
   sudo chmod +rw /dev/lp0
   sudo chown sh.scanner /dev/lp0    (my username is sh)
but xsane still doesn't find my scanner when I'm not root.

> (The device may be /dev/sgx ... where x is a number, the first scanner gets
> 0, the second 1 ... If you are unsure sane tells you the device it's using
> ;-) )
In the above I assumed that /dev/lp0 is the parport. sane only tells me 
that it uses parport0, but there is no /dev/parport0

> 
> cu
> Sebastian
Thanks,
Soren

> 
> Soren Hauberg wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hi
>>I just managed to get my old parport scanner to work with sane. The
>>problem is that it only works as root, so I have to give a password and
>>accept a warning from xsane before I can scan.
>>Is there a way to get around this?
>>
>>By the way, the scanner is a Canon FB330P
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Soren
> 
>