Writing UDEV rules to get a SCSI scanner working on Ubuntu

Posted by jhansonxi on Aug 16, 2009 1:09 AM EDT
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I've been setting up some Ubuntu Jaunty systems for relatives as an excuse to get rid of a lot of old hardware including some SCSI scanners. I encountered an HP scanner that was supported by sane but not recognized by Ubuntu. The device ended up with the wrong permissions preventing anyone except root from scanning. This is an explanation of how to create a udev rule to automatically fix this type of problem.

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