Re: xsane as root

From: Jeff DeFouw (defouwj@purdue.edu)
Date: Sun Feb 27 2000 - 12:22:28 PST

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Here's a semi-good reason to allow root:

If xsane can't run as root, anyone trying to use musteka4s2 with it will
not be able to do so. The I/O routines presently require root to enable
parallel port I/O privileges. Eventually I'll get around to using
/dev/port or /dev/parport# and maybe those will help with running as a
user, but right now I'm swamped with other work. Some of the other
parallel port backends have this problem also.

-- Jeff DeFouw <defouwj@purdue.edu>

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