I needed to make a small change to the file so that acls get reconfigured at start up, otherwise saned doesn't get access to the scanner until someone logs in to the PC the scanner's connected to (thus invoking hal-acl-tool --reconfigure).
** Attachment added: "HAL policy file, V2" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14685259/20-acl-management.fdi -- saned cannot access the scanner in Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/229343 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs