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Subject: Re: umax astra scsi scanner
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> > thank you very much. that worked
> > but do u know how can i access scanner as regular user?
> > i can access it as root through /dev/pass4, but not as usual user. i tried
> > to chown /dev/pass4 to user by to no avail
> 
> create a group "scanner" and add all users, who should be able to
> scan.
> 
> su-2.04# grep scanner /etc/group
> scanner:*:70:LoginNameOfUserToScan
> 
> Then
> chown root.scanner /dev/pass4

And, of course:
chmod g+rw /dev/pass4

Sorry, forgotten that in first place.

Ciao
Siegbert

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