Re: [sane-devel] I/O error when attempting scan on epson xp-620

2020-03-25 Thread Julian H. Stacey
> 2. On attempting to scan using xsane on the XP-620, it starts to scan, b= > ut after a few seconds I get an error message A longshot but easy to try: If you are using a USB hub, unplug, wait, replug, or go direct without a hub for a test. My hub recently went crazy, & like you, Xsane started

Re: [sane-devel] Remove user authorization support from net backend / saned frontend?

2022-04-07 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Steven Santos wrote: > How difficult would it be to replace the current sane.users scheme with a > pam integration and a modern cypher? Top posting is bad, it looses prior context. PAM's wasted my time too often: Bad to force PAM on all. But If Steven Santos wanted to spend his time developing

Re: [sane-devel] Remove user authorization support from net backend / saned frontend?

2022-04-08 Thread Julian H. Stacey
> Or, more likely: is that the same password the individual uses to > log into their system? Or to access their e-mail? Or (hopefully not) > their bank account? > > That is why it is actually better to use no authentication, than to > allow weak authentication. It would be