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Author: Ralph Ronnquist
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To: fsmithred, dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] vdev - scanner
fsmithred wrote on 17/08/16 09:34:
> On 08/16/2016 12:49 PM, shraptor wrote:
>> On 2016-08-16 18:19, shraptor wrote:
>>> On 2016-08-16 18:11, shraptor wrote:
>>>>> I got the scanner working.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I boot with udev, the scanner works, and the permissions on the device
>>>>> look like this:
>>>>>
>>>>> ls -l /dev/bus/usb/002/
>>>>> crw-rw-r--+ 1 root root 189, 137 Aug 16 10:30 010
>>>>>
>>>>> and with vdev, it looks like this:
>>>>> crw------- 1 root root 189, 131 Aug 16 10:39 004
>>>>>
>>>>> I changed the permissions and added myself to the scanner group (oops!)
>>>>> and now xsane finds the scanner when I'm running vdev. I hope someone
>>>>> knows what to do with this information, because I'm in new territory
>>>>> here.
>>>>> (and I don't know C.)
>>>>>
>>>>> If udevadm output for the scanner would help, I'll post it. The udev
>>>>> rules
>>>>> for scanners are in /lib/udev/rules.d/60-libsane.rules
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Maybe you should write a vdev action for your scanner
>>>> on my system they actions are in /etc/vdev/actions
>>>>
>>>> for instance optical.act contains
>>>>
>>>> [vdev-action]
>>>> event=any
>>>> path=^sr[0-9]*$
>>>> VAR_OPTICAL_OWNER=root
>>>> VAR_OPTICAL_GROUP=optical
>>>> VAR_OPTICAL_MODE=0660
>>>> helper=optical.sh
>>>> daemonlet=true
>>>> if_exists=run
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No C is needed. Write something that matches path like for optical
>>>> path=^sr[0-9]*$
>>>> then set needed permissions and group and vdev will fix it for you
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> When you succeed you may contribute that .act file for others, yeah?
>>>
>>>
>>> Maybe you can use something like null.act
>>>
>>> [vdev-action]
>>> event=add
>>> path=^null$
>>> VAR_PERMISSIONS_MODE=0666
>>> helper=permissions.sh
>>> if_exists=run
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I mean the permissions.sh
>>>
>>>
>>> so something like
>>>
>>> scanner.act
>>>
>>> [vdev-action]
>>> event=add
>>> path=^null$
>>
>>> VAR_PERMISSIONS_MODE=0664
>>> helper=permissions.sh
>>> if_exists=run
>>>
>>> Dunnow wot path you should use but maybe you could figure it out?
>>
>>
>> perhaps?
>>
>> scanner.act
>>
>> [vdev-action]
>> event=add
>> path=^bus/usb/1$
>> VAR_OWNER=root
>> VAR_GROUP=scanner
>> VAR_PERMISSIONS_MODE=0664
>> helper=permissions.sh
>> if_exists=run
>>
>>
>> Does debian use something like /dev/usbscanner0 or /dev/usb/scanner0?
>> Then maybe a new helper scanner.sh is needed, like optical.sh?
>>
>> In the beginning of vdev creation we dreamt of a udev rules to vdev action
>> parser
>>
>>
>
> I now have a better idea of what such dreams would entail. Getting close...
>
>
> This mostly works. I can get the right permissions on the device, but when
> I add the setfacl command, vdev fails. Error is "Invalid action" and it
> lists /usr/etc/vdev/actions/scanner.act. If I run the command in the
> console, it works correctly. I tried it with the command before and after
> "if_exists=run".
>
>
> [vdev-action]
> event=add
> path=^bus/usb/*/[001-999]
> OS_SUBSYSTEM=usb
> OS_TYPE=255/255/255
> VAR_OWNER=root
> VAR_GROUP=scanner
> VAR_PERMISSIONS_MODE=0664
> helper=permissions.sh
> if_exists=run
> command:/usr/bin/setfacl -m g:scanner:rw $VDEV_MOUNTPOINT/$VDEV_PATH
>
> Any ideas on how to get setfacl to work are welcome. Thanks.
>


devuan% which setfacl
/bin/setfacl

maybe? Ralph.