SANE Network Scanning is a software tool that allows network scanning on Linux systems. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install SANE Network Scanning on Kali Linux.
First, we need to install the SANE package. Open up the terminal on your Kali Linux system and type in the following command:
sudo apt-get install sane
Next, we need to install the SANE Network backend. Type in the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install sane-utils libsane-extras
After the installation is complete, we need to configure the SANE Network backend. Open up the terminal and type in the following command to open the configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/sane.d/net.conf
In the configuration file, add the following line at the bottom:
<IP ADDRESS OF YOUR SCANNER>
Save and close the file.
To apply the changes we made to the configuration file, we need to restart the SANE daemon. Type in the following command in the terminal:
sudo /etc/init.d/saned restart
To test if the SANE Network backend is working properly, we need to use the SANE command line tool. Type in the following command in the terminal:
sane-find-scanner
This command will list all the available scanners on your network. If your scanner is listed, then the SANE Network backend is working properly.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install SANE Network Scanning on Kali Linux. With this tool, you can easily scan documents and images over the network on your Linux system.
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