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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I can scan on the network if I run saned on the server first. After the scan, saned bails out, and I have to run saned on the server again if I want to do a second scan. My understanding is that xinetd is supposed to load saned and keep it running in the background listening for scanner requests. Following the recommendations in http://www.sane-project.org/man/saned.8.html,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have added the following to /etc/xinetd.conf:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># default = off<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># description: The sane server accepts requests<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># for network access to a local scanner via the network<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>service sane-port<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>{<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> port = 6566<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> socket_type = stream<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> wait = no<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> user = saned<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> group = saned<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> server = /usr/sbin/saned<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>}<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Checking the status of xinetd I see:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>$ systemctl status xinetd -l<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>● xinetd.service - Xinetd A Powerful Replacement For Inetd<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/xinetd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Active: active (running) since Mon 2019-02-11 13:31:04 EST; 1min 46s ago<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Process: 6974 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/xinetd -stayalive -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid $EXTRAOPTIONS (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Main PID: 6982 (xinetd)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> CGroup: /system.slice/xinetd.service<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> └瘢雹─6982 /usr/sbin/xinetd -stayalive -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Feb 11 13:31:04 server xinetd[6982]: removing discard<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Feb 11 13:31:04 server xinetd[6982]: removing echo<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Feb 11 13:31:04 server xinetd[6982]: removing echo<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Feb 11 13:31:04 server xinetd[6982]: removing tcpmux<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Feb 11 13:31:04 server xinetd[6982]: removing time<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Feb 11 13:31:04 server xinetd[6982]: removing time<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Feb 11 13:31:04 server xinetd[6982]: bind failed (Permission denied (errno = 13)). service = sane-port<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Feb 11 13:31:04 server xinetd[6982]: Service sane-port failed to start and is deactivated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Feb 11 13:31:04 server xinetd[6982]: xinetd Version 2.3.15 started with libwrap loadavg labeled-networking options compiled in.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Feb 11 13:31:04 server xinetd[6982]: Started working: 0 available services<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I changed the group of /usr/bin/saned to saned and the permissions to 777:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ls -l /usr/sbin/saned<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-rwxrwxrwx. 1 root saned 48552 Oct 30 12:46 /usr/sbin/saned<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I still get the same message when I run systemctl status xinetd<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Any suggestions/help greatly appreciated <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>