Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 13:20:59 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: kpneal@pobox.com Cc: Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Permissions problem for sane Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1508071320260.57306@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20150807164602.GA2406@neutralgood.org> References: <20150806104335.GA27748@ithaca.acampbell.uk> <20150806140729.GA40869@slackbox.erewhon.home> <20150807164602.GA2406@neutralgood.org>
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On Fri, 7 Aug 2015, kpneal@pobox.com wrote: > On Thu, Aug 06, 2015 at 04:07:29PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 06, 2015 at 11:43:35AM +0100, 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. > >> 3) Activated this ruleset in /etc/rc.conf: >> >> devfs_system_ruleset="custom_rules" >> >> 4) reboot to activate the new ruleset and rules. > > I suspect that these two steps are being missed by many. devfs can be restarted with 'service devfs restart'.
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