how to start scanner as mortal user (SOLVED)

[Ranjan Maitra]

On Fri, 18 Oct 2013 07:51:50 -0700 Mike Wright
<mike.wright at mailinator.com> wrote:

> 10/17/2013 06:39 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have an old HP PSC2410 scanner/fax/printer which I have managed to get
> > started all right upon installing hplip hpijs libsane-hpaio hplip-libs
> > hplip-common (some may be superfluous) and using the text-based
> > interactive setup. I also installed xsane.
> >
> > I am most interested in the scanner: I managed to get this working
> > just fine, but only under root (sudo xsane). Is there a way to get this
> > started as a mortal user (little me)?
> >
> 
> 
> saned -a $USER

Does it, thanks!

Ranjan

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