From 6e9c41a892ed0e0da326e0278b3221ce3f5713b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=B6rg=20Frings-F=C3=BCrst?= Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 14:00:40 +0200 Subject: Initial import of sane-backends version 1.0.24-1.2 --- debian/sane-utils.README.Debian | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 72 insertions(+) create mode 100644 debian/sane-utils.README.Debian (limited to 'debian/sane-utils.README.Debian') diff --git a/debian/sane-utils.README.Debian b/debian/sane-utils.README.Debian new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2fb74d4 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/sane-utils.README.Debian @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +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 , Mon, 05 May 2008 19:29:28 +0200 -- cgit v1.2.3