LP spooler constantly mailing to users
Bill Irwin
bill at twg.bc.ca
Thu Jan 17 18:51:25 AEST 1991
I think I almost have this C2 security (feature?) tamed. I have
an SCO UNIX V 3.2.0 system with relaxed C2. Every time any user
prints from any application to any printer, the following mail is
delivered into their mailbox:
X-Mailer: SCO System V Mail (version 3.2)
Your request printer8-655 destined for printer8
encountered an error while printing on printer printer8.
Reason for failure:
grep: can't open /usr/spool/lp/admins/lp/printers/printer8/configuration
There is no problem with the actual print jobs, as they always
print flawlessly. I would like to eliminate these bothersome
mail messages.
I have tried adding lp subsystem permission to one user to see if
this fixes it, but it doesn't. After configuring the printers
with sysadmsh, I went into the menu selection that allows you to
specify which users are allowed to use which printers, and by
leaving the user list empty, have allowed ALL users to use ALL
printers.
The directories on the path to the interface files are owned by
bin, group lp; the interface files themselves look like you have
to be a member of the lp group to execute. Do I have to actually
add each user to the lp group?
As I said, the print jobs are printing, and I know the interface
files are executing because each one changes the pitch and
quality of the printer they are associated with. Just these
stupid mail messages.
Thanks for any pointers in the right direction.
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Bill Irwin - The Westrheim Group - Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Bill Irwin - The Westrheim Group - Vancouver, BC, Canada
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uunet!van-bc!twg!bill (604) 431-9600 (voice) | UNIX Systems
bill at twg.bc.ca (604) 430-4329 (fax) | Integration
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