libusb on FC2

[Robert F. Stockdale IV]

I tried the addition to /etc/fstab and it did NOT work. Do you have any 
other ideas. I really appreciate the help. By the way here is the 
section from the scanner HOWTO on networking a scanner.

   


      4.2.2. Across a Network

If you are interested in making scanner services available across a 
network from or to a remote machine, you will need to edit the 
saned.conf file in the configuration directory of the /server/ (the 
computer with the scanner), whether /etc/sane.d or 
/usr/local/etc/sane.d. It usually consists of an entry 
'scan-client.somedomain.firm' that will need to be replaced with the 
hostname of the client you want to be able to use the server's scanner. 
If you prefer an IP address this can be used instead.

The saned daemon will need to be run as well as inetd or xined on the 
server. See *man saned* for the exact changes required to inetd.conf or 
xined.conf. In addition port 6566 will need to be added to the 
/etc/services file:

sane 6566/tcp 

The client computer (without the scanner) will need net.conf edited to 
include the server machine name, i.e., 'scan-server.somedomain.firm.'

Also for the client(s), be sure the entry "net" isn't commented out in 
the dll.conf file.



Cyber Source wrote:

> ok I will give that a try someday when I get a chance. how did you 
> make out on getting a user to use the scanner. did you try the fstab 
> line?
>
> Robert F. Stockdale IV wrote:
>
>> Edit the ?etc/sane.d or /usr/local/etc/sane.d replace 
>> "scan-client.somedomain.firm  with the host name of the machine 
>> wishing to use this scanner.
>> make sure net is not commented out in dll.conf and add
>> sane 6566/tcp
>> to /etc/services
>>
>>
>> Cyber Source wrote:
>>
>>> Also, I would like to see how your going to share that scanner on a 
>>> network, I was just thinking about that the other day.
>>>
>>> Robert F. Stockdale IV wrote:
>>>
>>>> I just converted my my wife to Linux. However, she needs a scanner 
>>>> and the one we had was not supported by sane. I recently bought a 
>>>> Plustek UT24 which is supported. After a lot of reading and 
>>>> configuring I can finally access it as root and actually scan 
>>>> images. When I try as a non root user it complains that no scanner 
>>>> is found. I've set /dev/usb/scanner* to root  and group scanner. 
>>>> I've placed all users in group scanner with read write permissions. 
>>>> The scanner is set up with libusb on Fedora core 2. I'd rather not 
>>>> require my wife to become root to use this scanner. Furthermore, I  
>>>> intend to allow network access to this scanner so other users can 
>>>> access it. Does any one have any ideas? libusb is suppose to be 
>>>> user space and it does work as root. I'm baffled.
>>>> Bob Stockdale
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