[sane-devel] HP PSC 1310 scanner

[Carlos Jacobo Puga Medina]

Thanks for your input, Allan! Indeed I'm using hplip-3.13.6 and the
xsane-0.999 version. This explains why xsane asks for the user's password.
I must update to latest version and check if it works properly.

--CJPM



2013/12/8 m. allan noah <kitno455 at gmail.com>

> I think that machine is supported by the hplip project's hpaio
> backend? I notice that the fedora changelog for that package says:
>
> * Wed Sep 18 2013 Tim Waugh <twaugh at redhat.com> - 3.13.9-2
>   - Applied patch to avoid unix-process authorization subject when using
>     polkit as it is racy (bug #1009541, CVE-2013-4325).
>
> So I wonder if the bug is in hpaio?
>
> allan
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 8:09 AM, Carlos Jacobo Puga Medina
> <cjpugmed at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I have one question regarding sane-"backendname" user permissions.
> Whenever
> > I need to use my scanner (model HP PSC 1310), I have to start it from the
> > console, because it's asking me to enter the user password.
> >
> > % xsane
> > Password of user on localhost?
> >
> > My user belongs to the following related groups. All works fine, except
> the
> > user's password requirement which is very annoying.
> >
> > % pw group show operator
> > operator:*:5:root,charly
> >
> > % pw group show cups
> > cups:*:193:root,charly
> >
> > I have established in /etc/devfs.rules:
> > [devfsrules_common=7]
> > add path 'ugen[0-9]*' mode 0666 group operator
> > add path 'usb/*' mode 0666 group operator
> >
> > The device node permissions used by the scanner:
> >
> > % ls -lh /dev/usb*
> > crw-r--r--  1 root  operator   0x4a  8 dic 12:35 /dev/usbctl
> >
> > /dev/usb:
> > total 0
> > crw-rw-rw-  1 root  operator   0x4e  8 dic 12:35 0.1.0
> > crw-rw-rw-  1 root  operator   0x54  8 dic 12:35 0.1.1
> > crw-rw-rw-  1 root  operator   0x6e  8 dic 12:35 0.2.0
> > crw-rw-rw-  1 root  operator   0x70  8 dic 12:35 0.2.1
> > crw-rw-rw-  1 root  operator   0x71  8 dic 12:35 0.2.2
> > crw-rw-rw-  1 root  operator   0x72  8 dic 12:35 0.2.3
> > crw-rw-rw-  1 root  operator   0x81  8 dic 13:35 0.3.0
> > crw-rw-rw-  1 root  operator   0x83  8 dic 13:35 0.3.1
> > crw-rw-rw-  1 root  operator   0x84  8 dic 13:35 0.3.2
> > crw-rw-rw-  1 root  operator   0x85  8 dic 13:35 0.3.7
> > crw-rw-rw-  1 root  operator   0x50  8 dic 12:35 1.1.0
> > crw-rw-rw-  1 root  operator   0x55  8 dic 12:35 1.1.1
> > crw-rw-rw-  1 root  operator   0x87  8 dic 13:35 1.2.0
> > crw-rw-rw-  1 root  operator   0x89  8 dic 13:35 1.2.1
> > crw-rw-rw-  1 root  operator   0x52  8 dic 12:35 2.1.0
> > crw-rw-rw-  1 root  operator   0x56  8 dic 12:35 2.1.1
> > crw-rw-rw-  1 root  operator   0x73  8 dic 12:35 2.2.0
> > crw-rw-rw-  1 root  operator   0x79  8 dic 12:35 2.2.1
> > crw-rw-rw-  1 root  operator   0x7a  8 dic 12:35 2.2.6
> > crw-rw-rw-  1 root  operator   0x7b  8 dic 12:35 2.2.7
> >
> > Does someone know how to avoid having to enter the user's password, every
> > time I use xsane?
> >
> > --CJPM
> >
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