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Diffstat (limited to 'upstream/debian-unstable/man5/sane-umax_pp.5')
| -rw-r--r-- | upstream/debian-unstable/man5/sane-umax_pp.5 | 17 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/upstream/debian-unstable/man5/sane-umax_pp.5 b/upstream/debian-unstable/man5/sane-umax_pp.5 index 76c72a67..68e6aa8f 100644 --- a/upstream/debian-unstable/man5/sane-umax_pp.5 +++ b/upstream/debian-unstable/man5/sane-umax_pp.5 @@ -55,15 +55,15 @@ if you have a kernel with ppdev support. .PP Note that if you don't use the ppdev character device, the backend needs to run as root. To allow user access to the scanner -run the backend through the network interface (See +run the backend through the network interface (see .BR saned (8) and .BR sane\-net (5)). A more relaxed solution (security wise) is to add suid bit to the frontend -(See +(see .BR chmod (1)). -The backend drop root privileges as soon as it can, right after gaining direct -access to IO ports, which lessen risks when being root. +The backend drops root privileges as soon as it can, right after gaining direct +access to I/O ports, which lessen risks of being root. .SH "DEVICE NAMES" This backend expects device names of the form: @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ This backend expects device names of the form: .RE .PP Where -\fBvalue\fR is : +\fBvalue\fR is: .RS .TP @@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ have to use .TP 0x378 does direct hardware access on the given -address. Usual values are 0x378, 0x278, 0x3BC -In this case, you have to run the scanner as +address. Usual values are 0x378, 0x278, 0x3BC. +In this case, you have to run the backend as root (*BSD and Linux), or with 'IOPL=yes' on OS/2 .PP @@ -166,8 +166,7 @@ user provided values. .PP Options -.B red\-offset -, +.BR red\-offset , .B green\-offset and .B blue\-offset |