On Thu 04 Mar 2021 at 18:38:09 -0500, John Boxall wrote: > I have been trying for some time to setup a system that will share an > attached scanner over the network. I had hoped to use Buster as it is still > the stable instance of Debian. I have followed everything in [1] but I could > never get it to work. I then tried Bullseye and it worked right away. Today > I decided to install a clean NETINST image of each and repeat the "server" > steps as outlined at [1]. > > Even though the howto states that it covers Debian from versions 8 to 11, I > could not get it to work on Buster (10). The process failed on Buster, > again, even though scanimage on the system saw the USB scanner (Epson > Perfection 2480 Photo). I then installed Bullseye. The exact same process > and the very same saned.conf file worked immediately. > > The client was the same in both cases (Buster). > > Is there a tweak that I am missing? Has there been a change that isn't in > Buster but has made it to Bullseye? Any recommendations on debug steps would > be appreciated? > > > [1} > https://wiki.debian.org/SaneOverNetwork#Sharing_a_USB_Connected_Scanner:_the_Basics
The note on Bug #918358 towards the end of https://wiki.debian.org/Scanner#perms could help with a solution. -- Brian.
