Buchan Again you have solved one of my problems!!
I change the scanner command in console.perms and now when a user login in the server the /dev/usb/scanner0 change its owners: <userloged>.geobotanicos; the users that belong to the geobotanicos group can now scan from a remote computer :-) Thanks a lot Buchan ----- Mensaje Original ----- Remitente: Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fecha: Jueves, Enero 23, 2003 12:04 pm Asunto: Re: [Cooker] For Tim: scannerdrake: problem in the permission of the usb device? > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > With 9.0 I am having problems with a scanner connected to a > server and > > users trying to scan from the server or, most usually, from other > > computer in the intranet. It seems that the first user that try to > > access the scanner after it has been switched on is automatycally > the> owner (permisions of the /dev/usb/scanner0 user: the mentioned > first> user to try it, group: root). So in this session others > users can't > > access to the scanner; I have tryed to change the device users, > but it > > doesn't run. Finally I created from the scratch the node (mknode > > /dev/usb/scanner0 c 180 48) with the scanner off, changed the > > permissions (chmod 666 /dev/usb/scanner0) and the epson.conf (is an > > epson scanner) and dll.conf, and then isnmod scanner vendor=..... > > product=..... And it is runing now for everyuser! :-) > > > > If I use scannerdrake to reconfigure the scanner, the problems > appears> again. > > > > I don't know if this is a bug or a missing thing of scannerdrake or > > sane, but I would like to comment it because in one or other way > I think > > it should be improved. > > > > Perms will be reset later when someone logs in again. You need to fix > your /etc/security/console.perms to allow the users you want to scan. > Actually, in this environment, using saned might be better ... since > users don't need to be in special groups to access the scanner that > way. > Buchan > > > -- > |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| > Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager > Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 > Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za > GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc > 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 > > >
