saned(1)

NAME
saned - SANE network daemon

SYNOPSIS
saned [-d [n]]

DESCRIPTION
saned is the SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) daemon that allows remote clients to access image acquisition devices available on the local host.

OPTIONS

The -d flag request that saned run in debug mode (as opposed to inetd(8) mode). In this mode, saned explicitly waits for a connection request. When compiled with debugging enabled, this flag may be followed by a number to request debug info. The larger the number, the more verbose the debug output. E.g., -d128 will request printing of all debug info.

CONFIGURATION
First and foremost: please do not install saned as setuid root without due consideration. Especially when using dynamic linking, there is a potential for introducing security holes when running this program as root.

The contents of the saned.conf file is a list of host names that are permitted to use local SANE devices. Empty lines and lines starting with a hash mark (#) are ignored. A line containing the single character ``+'' is interpreted to match any hostname. This allows any remote machine to use your scanner and may present a security risk, so this shouldn't be used unless you know what you're doing. A sample configuration file is shown below:

    scan-client.somedomain.firm
    # this is a comment
    localhost

The case of the host names does not matter, so AHost.COM is considered identical to ahost.com. For saned to work properly, it is also necessary to add a configuration line to /etc/inetd.conf. The configuration line normally looks like this:

    sane stream tcp nowait saned.saned /usr/local/sbin/saned saned

However, if your system uses tcpd(8) for additional security screening, you may want to disable saned access control by putting ``+'' in saned.conf and use a line of the following form in /etc/inetd.conf instead:

    sane stream tcp nowait saned.saned /usr/sbin/tcpd saned

Note that both examples assume that there is a saned group and a saned user. If you follow this example, please make sure that the access permissions on the special device are set such that saned can access the scanner (the program generally needs read and write access to scanner devices).

Finally, it is also necessary to add a line of the following form to /etc/services:

    sane 6566/tcp # SANE network scanner daemon

Note that port number 6566 has not been officially assigned to the SANE network protocol and may thus change in the future.

FILES

/etc/hosts.equiv
    The hosts listed in this file are permitted to access all local SANE devices. Caveat: this file imposes serious security risks and its use is not recommended.

/usr/local/etc/sane.d/saned.conf
    Contains a list of hosts permitted to access local SANE devices (see also description of SANE_CONFIG_DIR below).

ENVIRONMENT

SANE_CONFIG_DIR
    This environment variable specifies the list of directories that may contain the configuration file. Under UNIX, the directories are separated by a colon (`:'), under OS/2, they are separated by a semi-colon (`;'). If this variable is not set, the configuration file is searched in two default directories: first, the current working directory (".") and then in /usr/local/etc/sane.d. If the value of the environment variable ends with the directory separator character, then the default directories are searched after the explicitly specified directories. For example, setting SANE_CONFIG_DIR to "/tmp/config:" would result in directories "tmp/config", ".", and "/usr/local/etc/sane.d" being searched (in this order).

SEE ALSO
scanimage(1), xscanimage(1), xcam(1), sane-dll(5), sane-hp(5), sane-mustek(5), sane-net(5), sane-pnm(5), sane-pint(5), sane-qcam(5), sane-umax(5)

AUTHOR
David Mosberger