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diff --git a/debian/sane-utils.README.Debian b/debian/sane-utils.README.Debian deleted file mode 100644 index 2fb74d4..0000000 --- a/debian/sane-utils.README.Debian +++ /dev/null @@ -1,72 +0,0 @@ -sane-utils (sane-backends) for Debian -------------------------------------- - -This package contains various utilities shipped with sane-backends, among -which saned, the network scanner daemon used to share scanners over the -network. - - -saned setup ------------ - -Please read this file carefully to setup your saned server properly. - - -> Setting up permissions for saned - -> Running saned from inetd - -> Running saned as a standalone daemon - - - Setting up permissions for saned - -------------------------------- - -A saned user and a saned group have been added to your system; it is highly -recommended to run saned as user and group saned and NEVER EVER as root. - -To operate properly, saned must be able to access your scanners; different -setups are possible, depending on who should be able to use the scanners: - - * saned users only: - => device owned by saned:saned, saned:root or root:saned - - * saned users and local users: - => device owned by saned:scanner, local users added to the scanner group - - * local users only: - => device owned by root:scanner, local users added to the scanner group - -By default the saned user is NOT part of the scanner group. If you add the -saned user to the scanner group, ALL scanners will be made available over the -network without restrictions. Do that if you do not want/need to restrict one -or more scanners to local users only. - -If you intend to use saned with a USB scanner, note that the permissions for -USB scanners are handled by udev. - -See /usr/share/doc/libsane/README.Debian.gz for more information on setting up -appropriate permissions. - - Running saned from inetd - ------------------------ - -To enable saned in the default configuration (running as user and group saned), -use update-inetd to enable the service: - # update-inetd --enable sane-port -To disable saned, use update-inetd to disable the service: - # update-inetd --disable sane-port - -If you want to run saned under another user and/or group, edit /etc/inetd.conf -and change saned:saned for the appropriate user:group combination. - - Running saned as a standalone daemon - ------------------------------------ - -When run as a standalone daemon, saned can advertise its services over the -network, and the SANE clients will automatically discover the saned servers -(provided the clients support this). - -To run saned as a standalone server: - - if you were previously running saned from inetd, disable it (see above) - - run dpkg-reconfigure sane-utils - - --- Julien BLACHE <jblache@debian.org>, Mon, 05 May 2008 19:29:28 +0200 |