I found this on the website in sane-scsi.5 " When using a SCSI scanner, ensure that the access permisĀ sion for the generic SCSI device is set appropriately. We recommend to add a group "scanner" to /etc/group which contains all users that should have access to the scanner. The permission of the device should then be set to allow group read and write access. For example, if the scanner is at generic SCSI device /dev/sge, then the following two commands would set the permission correctly:
$ chgrp scanner /dev/sge $ chmod 660 /dev/sge" These are good instructions, but incomplete for users of the device filesystem. In my case the scanner is located on /dev/sg4 after a little poking around I found my way to to file /etc/devfs/perms which is used to set the device permission in the dev file system. In this file I found this line: REGISTER ^sg[^/]* PERMISSIONS root.root 0600 As the next line I inserted the following text: REGISTER ^sg4 PERMISSIONS root.scanner 0660 I now have the use of my scanner in my user account. If the documentation could be updated with this iformation it could save some banging of heads on the keyboard. Later, Seeker __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/