Hi, ToddAndMargo writes:
> Hi All, > > Fedora 27 > > $ rpm -qa sane\* > sane-backends-1.0.27-9.fc27.x86_64 > sane-backends-drivers-scanners-1.0.27-9.fc27.x86_64 > sane-backends-drivers-cameras-1.0.27-9.fc27.i686 > sane-backends-libs-1.0.27-9.fc27.i686 > sane-backends-daemon-1.0.27-9.fc27.x86_64 > sane-backends-drivers-scanners-1.0.27-9.fc27.i686 > sane-backends-libs-1.0.27-9.fc27.x86_64 > sane-backends-drivers-cameras-1.0.27-9.fc27.x86_64 > > What I am trying to do is to allow everyone of > 192.168.255.0/24 and > 127.0.0.1 > > to access saned > > as such I have /etc/sane.d/saned.conf (comments removed): > > 192.168.255.0/24 > 127.0.0.1 > > Have I done things correct so far? > > Confusion: in the saned man page, it states: > > 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. > > No fooling not recommended! > > Why do I need hosts.equiv to allow access to all SANE > devices? I though I just did that in saned.conf? You don't need one. Just use /etc/sane.d/saned.conf. The manual page is just saying saned will use /etc/hosts.equiv if present. You are safer of without a hosts.equiv file. For details see http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/hosts.equiv.5.html Hope this helps, -- Olaf Meeuwissen, LPIC-2 FSF Associate Member since 2004-01-27 GnuPG key: F84A2DD9/B3C0 2F47 EA19 64F4 9F13 F43E B8A4 A88A F84A 2DD9 Support Free Software https://my.fsf.org/donate Join the Free Software Foundation https://my.fsf.org/join -- sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" to sane-devel-requ...@lists.alioth.debian.org