Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 10:42:07 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Permissions problem for sane Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1508061038480.550@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20150806154145.GB15301@ithaca.acampbell.uk> References: <20150806104335.GA27748@ithaca.acampbell.uk> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1508060632230.39988@wonkity.com> <20150806144122.GB8648@ithaca.acampbell.uk> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1508060916220.84426@wonkity.com> <20150806154145.GB15301@ithaca.acampbell.uk>
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On Thu, 6 Aug 2015, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 06 Aug 2015, Warren Block wrote: >> On Thu, 6 Aug 2015, Anthony Campbell wrote: >> >>> On 06 Aug 2015, Warren Block wrote: >>>> On Thu, 6 Aug 2015, Anthony Campbell wrote: >>>> >>>>> My first posting to this list. I've been using 10.1 for a couple of >>>>> months on my Thinkpad T60 without problems. >>>>> >>>>> Trying to get my Epson 1650 scanner to work, I found it was only >>>>> detected as root. It's at /dev/usb:/dev/ugen0.2 >>>>> >>>>> After googling, I found instructions on Freebsd manual for 8.7, which >>>>> involved creating a usb group and making/modifying /etc/devfs.rules. >>>>> This didn't work. >>>>> >>>>> I then added myself to the wheel and operator groups but again no >>>>> result. >>>>> >>>>> Should I modify the permissions on /dev/ugen0.2? >>>> >>>> That will work temporarily. The scanner might not always appear at 0.2, >>>> though. A similar way of doing this is to make your normal user a member of >>>> the operator group, and assign all USB devices to that group with >>>> /etc/devfs.rules: >>>> >>>> add path 'usb/*' mode 0660 group operator >>> >>> Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately I've already tried that but it >>> doesn't make any difference. Still I can only find the scanner as root. >> >> Maybe I forgot something. I have an Epson 1640SU which works fine here. The >> only other setting in /etc/devfs.rules that might matter is >> >> add path 'xpt*' mode 0660 group operator > > > > Nope, still nothing as user. The scanner works OK on both OpenBSD and > ArchLinux. Just in case I've misunderstood the format for > /etc/devfs.rules, here is what I'm using: > > > [system=5] > add path 'usb/*' mode 0660 group operator > add path 'xpt*' mode 0660 group operator > > I am a member of the operator group. Okay, let's compare. I have /usr/local/etc/sane.d/epson.conf # WB usb 0x04b8 0x010a /etc/devfs.conf perm xpt0 0660 /etc/devfs.rules # WB [localrules=10] add path 'ugen*' mode 0660 group operator add path 'usb/*' mode 0660 group operator add path 'xpt*' mode 0660 group operator Maybe that ugen entry is important.
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