Using a scanner (USB) as user and not as root

[Warren Block]

On Thu, 29 Apr 2010, Marco Beishuizen wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Apr 2010, Warren Block wrote:
>
>> For the sake of completeness: devd has to be restarted after changes to 
>> devd.conf, and the code above is only executed when the scanner is detected 
>> (USB cable plugged in or scanner powered on).
>
> I rebooted and plugged in the scanner but no changes.

One other difference I found in my /etc/devfs.rules:

add path 'ugen*' mode 0660 group operator
add path 'usb/*' mode 0770 group operator

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA