[sane-devel] what is syntaxt for using net backend

[Henning Meier-Geinitz]

Hi,

On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 02:25:51PM -0400, jerry white wrote:
> Under xsane it says NOT to use while "root".   says to use it as 
> non-privlrdeged user using net backend.  so using Gimp how do I do that

You only need net/saned if you use a parport scanner that needs to be
accessed by root. If you have a USB or SCSI scanner, just make the
device file representing your scanner readable and wrireable by
ordinary users.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~ljm/SANE-faq.html#47
http://home.nexgo.de/jochen.eisinger/saned/
man saned
man sane-net

Ciao,
  Henning