[SWLUG] Parallel port scanner

[Paul G. Richardson]

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I think that would be part of udev and the devices group. Have similar
problems from time to time with external devices.

When a device is connected to the machine, on most distros udev takes
care of the device file creation. You should have a device file located
in /dev maybe called parport0. The permisions on this may be what is
stopping you scanning on non root.

udev usually has a group like "devices" that the user can join which
will allow use of these devices.

Hopefully that will sort you out.

Regards

Paul

Emmanuel Durand wrote:
> Hi all!
> I have been given an old Parallel port scanner (Mustek 600 CP.). I've
> set it
> up, it works, but only as root, which is annoying. How can I make it
> accessible on openSuse 10.2 to normal users?
> I've found a How to:
> http://www.linuxprinting.org/download/digitalimage/Scanning-as-Normal...
> <http://www.linuxprinting.org/download/digitalimage/Scanning-as-Normal-User-on-Wierd-Scanner-Mini-HOWTO.txt>
> 
> 
> But is there a simpler way?
> 
> Emmanuel
> 
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