From: bribbeck@exucom.com (Bob Ribbeck) Subject: Re: lpr, lpd (the thread that wouldn't die) Date: 21 Feb 1993 23:06:04 GMT
Jim Kaufman (jmk@kksys.com) wrote:
: Just so this thread regarding lpr, lpd etc. doesn't die a natural death,
: I want to throw in my 2 cents worth.
: 1) I can spool up print jobs which are then printed by the lpd daemon
: as root only. Note that I have a symlink for printcap in /etc to
: /usr/etc/printcap. I do not have a link for lpd. It works fine being
: in /usr/etc. Nor did I have an entry in usr/etc/inet or /usr/etc/net/
: services.
: 2) Since I get an error running lpr as non-root (cannot chown to /usr/spool/
: /lp0/tfa..., I thought I'd try the suggestions posted by Bob Ribbeck
: (bribbeck@exucom.com) [I won't repeat them here.]
: 3) The bottom line is they didn't work for me. I still can print as root,
: but non-privileged users get the unable to chown message from lpr.
: For those who have Bob's post (or Bob himself), I checked that I had
: *everything* set up as shown by him. I am curious as to what's happenin?
: I am running SLS 0.98 pl5.
: JMK
: --
: James M. Kaufman, Digital Biometrics, Inc. "Electronic Fingerprinting Systems"
: Better living through electronics jmk@kksys.mn.org
The non-root responce is the same as I was getting untill lpr,lprm,lpr were
given read permission for all "chmod a+r" make sure group and user have read
permission.