Re: write access to /proc/bus/usb

2004-09-19 Thread martin f krafft
On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 18:13 +0800, Chris Purves wrote: > I've set up an usb scanner recently, but I am having permissions > problems. The scanner generally resides in /proc/bus/usb/003 but > only root has read/write permissions. What I have been doing is > manually changing the permissions access

Re: write access to /proc/bus/usb [for scanners]

2004-09-19 Thread Cameron Hutchison
Once upon a time Chris Purves said... > > > If the device is not set to group scanner, have a look in > > /etc/hotplug/usb/libsane.usermap. The comments at the top of this file > > describe how the scanner permissions should be managed. > > My scanner is listed in this file; however, there aren't

Re: write access to /proc/bus/usb

2004-09-19 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 08:17:08 +0800, Chris Purves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 18 September 2004 19:18, Andrea Vettorello wrote: > [...] > > I add myself to the scanner group, but still not working. > I should look on the machine attached to the scanner, but i don't recall having

Re: write access to /proc/bus/usb [for scanners]

2004-09-18 Thread Chris Purves
On Saturday 18 September 2004 19:07, Cameron Hutchison wrote: > Are you sure only root has permission? Is there group read/write > permission for the group "scanner"? If I go to /proc/bus/usb/002/005 root is both the owner and group. It would appear that /etc/hotplug/usb/libusbscanner is not cha

Re: write access to /proc/bus/usb

2004-09-18 Thread Martin Spasov
On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 18:13 +0800, Chris Purves wrote: > I've set up an usb scanner recently, but I am having permissions problems. > The scanner generally resides in /proc/bus/usb/003 but only root has > read/write permissions. What I have been doing is manually changing the > permissions acc

Re: write access to /proc/bus/usb

2004-09-18 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 12:22:16 +0200, Andrea Vettorello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 18:13:06 +0800, Chris Purves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've set up an usb scanner recently, but I am having permissions problems. > > The scanner generally resides in /proc/bus/usb/003

Re: write access to /proc/bus/usb [for scanners]

2004-09-18 Thread Cameron Hutchison
Once upon a time Chris Purves said... > I've set up an usb scanner recently, but I am having permissions problems. > The scanner generally resides in /proc/bus/usb/003 but only root has > read/write permissions. What I have been doing is manually changing the > permissions access every time I

Re: write access to /proc/bus/usb

2004-09-18 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 18:13:06 +0800, Chris Purves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've set up an usb scanner recently, but I am having permissions problems. > The scanner generally resides in /proc/bus/usb/003 but only root has > read/write permissions. What I have been doing is manually changing the

write access to /proc/bus/usb

2004-09-18 Thread Chris Purves
I've set up an usb scanner recently, but I am having permissions problems. The scanner generally resides in /proc/bus/usb/003 but only root has read/write permissions. What I have been doing is manually changing the permissions access every time I want to run the scanner. (using xsane) Does