doc: updated saned manpage to reflect saned.

saned supports long options and some clarification was necessary for
correctness. Also I reformatted the options section to be more
standard and consistent with other pages.
saned_man_option_update
Ralph Little 2021-05-07 09:23:28 -07:00
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@ -24,15 +24,56 @@ saned \- SANE network daemon
.B ]
.B [ \-e ]
.B [ \-h ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B saned
is the SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) daemon that allows remote clients
to access image acquisition devices available on the local host.
.SH OPTIONS
.PP
The
.B \-l
flag requests that
.B saned
recognises the following options:
.TP
.BR \-a "\fI [username]\fR, " \-\-alone [=\fIusername]\fR
is equivalent to the combination of
.B \-l \-D \-u
.I username
options. However,
.I username
is optional and running user will only be set when specified.
.TP
.BR \-u "\fI username\fR, " \-\-user =\fIusername\fR
requests that
.B saned
drop root privileges and run as the user (and group) associated with
.I username
after binding.
.TP
.BR \-b "\fI address\fR, " \-\-bind =\fIaddress\fR
tells
.B saned
to bind to the
.I address
given.
.TP
.BR \-p "\fI port\fR, " \-\-port=\fIport\fR
tells
.B saned
to listen on the
.I port
given. A value of 0 tells
.B saned
to pick an unused port. The default is the
.B sane-port (6566).
.TP
.BR \-l ", " \-\-listen
requests that
.B saned
run in standalone daemon mode. In this mode,
.B saned
@ -40,65 +81,42 @@ will listen for incoming client connections;
.BR inetd (8)
is not required for
.B saned
operations in this mode. The
.B \-b
flag tells
.B saned
to bind to the
.I address
given. The
.B \-p
flags tells
.B saned
to listen on the port given. A value of 0 tells
.B saned
to pick an unused port. The default is the
.B sane-port (6566).
The
.B \-u
flag requests that
.B saned
drop root privileges and run as the user (and group) associated with
.I username
after binding.
The
.B \-D
flag will request
operations in this mode.
.TP
.BR \-D ", " \-\-daemonize
will request
.B saned
to detach from the console and run in the background.
The flag
.B \-a
is equivalent to the combination of
.B \-l \-D \-u
.I username
options.
.PP
The
.B \-d
flag sets the level of
.TP
.BR \-o ", " \-\-once
requests that
.B saned
debug output. When compiled with debugging enabled, this flag may be
exits after the first client disconnects. This is useful for debugging.
.TP
.BR \-d "\fI n\fR, " \-\-debug =\fIn\fR
sets the level of
.B saned
debug output to
.IR n .
When compiled with debugging enabled, this flag may be
followed by a number to request more or less debug info. The larger
the number, the more verbose the debug output. E.g.,
.B \-d128
will request output of all debug info. A level of 0 produces no
output at all. The default value is 2.
.PP
The
.B \-e
flag will divert
.TP
.BR \-e ", " \-\-stderr
will divert
.B saned
debug output to stderr instead of the syslog default.
.PP
The
.B \-o
flag requests that
.B saned
exits after the first client disconnects. This is useful for debugging.
.PP
The
.B \-h
flag displays a short help message.
.TP
.BR \-h ", " \-\-help
displays a short help message.
.PP
If
.B saned
@ -108,6 +126,7 @@ is run from other programs such as
and
.BR systemd (1),
check that program's documentation on how to pass command-line options.
.SH CONFIGURATION
First and foremost:
.B saned