Re: Scanner Needs Root Access?
On 28 February 2009 06:28:39 Scarletdown wrote:
> I was recently given a brand new Epson Stylus NX300 Printer/Scanner/Fax,
> and have been trying to get it all working properly. Printer functions
> are working fine. For the scanning functions, I installed the iscan
> package. The device is scanning fine. However, it will only work for
> root. This seems rather retarded, a real head scratcher.
>
> How can I get this working as a normal user, since there is no logical
> reason why one would need root privileges to use a scanner?
>
> So far, I have added myself to the scanner and saned groups, and made
> this entry in /etc/udev/rules.d/z60_libsane.rules
>
> # EPSON Stylus NX300 | EPSON Stylus NX300 | EPSON Stylus NX300
> SYSFS{idVendor}=="04b8", SYSFS{idProduct}=="0848", MODE="660",
> OWNER="lp", GROUP="scanner", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"
>
> And even went so far as to chmod 0666 /proc/bus/usb/004/007 as per the
> instructions in the manual for iscan.
>
> But after all that, I still can't run iscan or otherwise access the
> scanner (like through the GIMP plugin) without being root or using sudo.
Is the user in scanner groug?
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