On Friday 10 August 2001 08:25, Jochen Eisinger wrote:
> Hi!
>
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> >
> > /etc/inetd.conf line;
> > sane stream tcp nowait saned.saned /usr/sbin/saned
> > saned
>
> you have to run saned as root (although not recommende in the man-page).
> just replace saned.saned by root.root.
>
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> > 2. How can I reconfigure the machine so that regular users have access to
> > the scanner, software, use w/o su'ing to root?
>
> run saned as root, use passwords to protect the service (see man saned,
> man sane-net & man scanimage)
>
> > 3. Are there any log files for sane/xsane? I do not find anything in /var
> > or anywhere else to speak of.
>
> if you run saned from the command line with option -d128 you'll get debug
> output.
>
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And magic occured!
Richard, this is for you.
Edit the /etc/inetd.conf and make the required changes.
Edit the /etc/sane.d/net.conf and uncomment localhost
As root, killall -HUP inetd
As a user, run xsane
BE AWARE THIS IS "NOT" SETUP WITH SECURITY IN MIND!! but it works,
wonderfully! :--)
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