non-root scanner

[Søren Hauberg]

Hi
Thanks for the reply
I just tried to chmod 777 /dev/lp0 (which I asume is the device that 
sane calls parport0) and it didn't change anything ;-(
I'd prefer not having to suid each program that uses sane, since I'd 
like to use sane from python, and running all my python scripts as root 
is not a good idea...

Thanks,
Søren

Chuck Vose wrote:
> Check the permissions on whatever device it's using in /dev. I don't
> know anything about scanners but it sounds like you don't have read or
> write permissions on the /dev entry. You have two choices though, set
> the scanimage program suid root or change the perms on the device each
> time you boot. I believe setting suid would be easier but suid root
> programs are a scary thing :)
> 
> I hope that gives you some direction even if it doesn't give you the answer :)
> 
> -Chuck