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Here a little documentation how I offer my Scanner in the network.
If you want to use this solution you need the following howto(s) finished:
emerge media-gfx/sane-backends emerge sys-apps/xinetd
File permissions:
Owner: root
Group: root
Permissions: -rw-r--r--
Click here for a download of the complete file: /etc/sane.d/saned.conf
Changed on 26.11.08This allows scanning over the network by saned
my.lan.network.ip/16
File permissions:
Owner: root
Group: root
Permissions: -rw-r--r--
Click here for a download of the complete file: /etc/xinetd.conf
Changed on 26.11.08This allows my local network to connect the xinetd. Change the IP according to your network.
#only_from = XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
After change
only_from = my.lan.network.ip
File permissions:
Owner: root
Group: root
Permissions: -rw-r--r--
Click here for a download of the complete file: /etc/xinetd.d/sane-stream
Changed on 26.11.08This allows scanning over the network with xinetd.
service sane-port
{
socket_type = stream
server = /usr/sbin/saned
protocol = tcp
user = root
group = root
wait = no
disable = no
}
For starting the new service after system reboot you should add it to a runlevel with the following command(s):
rc-update add xinetd
Please send a feedback to: doc<at>gabosh.net
Howto listingHere you can find the official Gentoo Linux Forums where you can find a lot of answers.
Here a link to the official Gentoo Linux Homepage.