Re: what binds to port
On Sat 31 Jul 2021 at 17:17:29 +0100, mick crane wrote:
> On 2021-07-31 16:32, Brian wrote:
>
> > grep scanner /etc/groups
> > cat /etc/default/saned
> >
> I keep thinking it should be groups and not group as well.
An embarassing typo :).
> me and saned are in scanner group
> /etc/default/saned
> RUN_AS_USER=saned
You do not need to be in the scanner group. This requirement disappeared
years ago but it still gets repeated (ad nauseam). See
https://wiki.debian.org/Scanner#perms
> > > How to find which is the scanner in /dev if it is supposed to be
> > > there?
> > > Xsane works fine.
> >
> > I thought it was /dev/sg2.
> I said I thought it might be sg2 and wondered how to find out.
Scanners are treated as SCSI devices and therefore come under /dev/sg*.
Look for the + and use getfacl.
As a really naff method, move the device file out of the way and see
whether you can scan.
--
Brian.
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