On Sat, 8 Jul 2006 14:16:03 +0100, Paul Stear wrote: > My conclusion is that I have a permmissions problem, but I can't find > out where or how to change them. > Can anybody help please? > I have device epson:libusb:003:005 > vendor=0x04b8 product=0x0808 This happened to me recently too. The permissions in /proc/bus/usb were correct, but /dev/bus/usb nodes were root-only. I fixed this with a udev rule SYSFS{product}=="CanoScan", SYSFS{manufacturer}=="Canon", GROUP:="scanner", MODE:="0660" You'll need to use udevinfo to get the correct setting for your device. -- Neil Bothwick Vital papers will demonstrate their vitality by moving to where you can't find them.