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Parallel port scanners are a dying breed. As far as the EPSON backend is concerned, I don't see any need to=20 update / modify the way the scanner is accessed.=20 If somebody is concerned about security, they should not connect a par-port scanner. USB scanners are pretty inexpensive these days, and they can be installed in a safe and portable way.=20 I will update the man page and list mention the drawbacks of setuid-root programs, but I think that the mechanisms of getting the frontends set up and maybe the sane-net work- around should be documented on the project level and not for the individual backends. Karl Heinz On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 03:37:22PM +0200, Oliver Rauch wrote: > Hello. >=20 > Now we have some parallel port scanners supported by > sane and I get several messages with questions how > the people can access their scanner as user. >=20 > We need a better way to handle these scanners. > It really is dangerous to run the frontends as > root or with suid=3Droot. >=20 > So I want to ask all authors of backends that support > parallel port scanners to work out a common way > (sanei_parallel_*) to talk as user to the scanner. > These sanei_parallel_* routines should run on > as much systems as possible (not only linux!). >=20 > Please also add a text to the manpage of the > backend how the scanner can be used by user > and also point out how dangerous it is with > suid=3Droot!!! >=20 > An other way would be to connect via sane-net/saned > to the local machine but as far as I tested that > still does not work very well due to a bug in sane-net > or saned. >=20 > Bye > Oliver >=20 > --=20 > Homepage: http://www.rauch-domain.de > sane-umax: http://www.rauch-domain.de/sane-umax > xsane: http://www.xsane.org > E-Mail: mailto:oliver.ra...@rauch-domain.de > _______________________________________________ > Sane-devel mailing list > sane-de...@www.mostang.com > http://www.mostang.com/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel --=20 Karl Heinz Kremer k...@khk.net PGP Key at http://www.freecolormanagement.com/download/khk.asc EPSON Sane Backend: http://www.freecolormanagement.com --ew6BAiZeqk4r7MaW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 iQCVAwUBO1qiNR4KmkKPBVxtAQF5AwP/YHhdWXmG6tjnkkrKpzuSxu0uphHGZTUx zJTrv/VtDtJKAC3lK2XKM3lygF9ybwZUDDXEX16iPt7Il7W/W9r3BuhJxRBiaoQf ux8juHK/+zd7A7yYX5ij89meNcukt6fQwBphtq/jtpswWF2c/vdYZHvFWcPmeoWi 4t8UpfT1xqA= =5lNc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ew6BAiZeqk4r7MaW--
