Hi! There is a patch attached to this bugreport:
https://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?func=detail&aid=301377&group_id=30186&atid=410366 This patch allows you to configure saned to use a specific port range for its data connections. I don't know if this is exactly what you are looking for. Mattias tor 2008-04-10 klockan 08:00 -0400 skrev m. allan noah: > On 4/10/08, kytrix me <kytrix at gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I would like to access to my saned server through ssh tunnel via internet. > > > > with: > > ssh user at home-ip -L 6566:*:6566 > > > > with upper command Xsane is able to detect my scanner through the ssh > > tunnel, but is not able to scan (preview or final) > > this is because saned or xsane use other randoms ports overs 1024 for data > > transfert (like ftp I guess). > > > > there is a way to configure saned or Xsane to use a specifig range port ? > > I can't redirect thousands of ports with ssh tunnels (need to write them > > manualy...) > > > > .. I try to debug with saned -d255 > > and i see that data ports are random .. > > to quote man page for saned (which i think is still current): > > RESTRICTIONS > In addition to the control connection (port 6566) saned also uses a > data connection. The port of this socket is selected by the operating > system and can't be specified by the user currently. This may be a > problem if the connection must go through a firewall (packet filter). > If you must use a packet filter, make sure that all ports > 1024 are > open on the server for connections from the client. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 2260 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/sane-devel/attachments/20080410/751bc504/attachment.bin
