saned is started by inetd with user name "saned" so, hacking the file "/usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/20-acl-management.fdi" I created the attached file in "/etc/hal/fdi/policy/20-acl-management.fdi" which ensures that user "saned" always has access to the scanner. This seems to resolve the problem.
saned is started by inetd with user name "saned" so, hacking the file "/usr/share/ hal/fdi/ policy/ 10osvendor/ 20-acl- management. fdi" I created the attached file in "/etc/hal/ fdi/policy/ 20-acl- management. fdi" which ensures that user "saned" always has access to the scanner. This seems to resolve the problem.