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Can get the scanner interface XSANE to run if I run as root, how do I change the permissions on the scanner to alow other users to run XSANE....
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- 12-03-2004 #1Just Joined!
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Scanner as root
Can get the scanner interface XSANE to run if I run as root, how do I change the permissions on the scanner to alow other users to run XSANE.
- 12-05-2004 #2Linux Guru
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Create a group called scanner, add your user to that group, and edit the line in /etc/udev/permissions.d/50-udev.permissions that corresponds to your scanner device, giving it user root:scanner with permissions 660.
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- 12-06-2004 #3Just Joined!
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Thanks, but got it working shortly after I posted this and forgot to update this post. Thanks again.
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