Originat question:
Our Digital Unix computer used to run OK. But I found the users couldn't
print yesterday.
The error message is given as below:
ksh:godzilla:/usr/users/zuh># lpr test.pep
lpr: cannot create /usr/spool/lpd1/.seq
ksh:godzilla:/usr/users/zuh>#
I checked permission of the lpd1 directory:
drwxr-xr-x 2 daemon daemon 8192 Mar 8 08:03 lpd1
and in the lpd1 directory:
ksh:godzilla:/usr/spool/lpd1># ls -l
total 19
drwxr-xr-x 2 daemon daemon 8192 Mar 8 08:03 .
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root daemon 27 Mar 8 08:03 status
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root daemon 4 Mar 8 08:03 .seq
-rw-r--r-- 1 root daemon 21 Mar 8 08:03 lock
drwxr-xr-x 17 root system 8192 Dec 9 15:35 ..
ksh:godzilla:/usr/spool/lpd1>#
Please help to fix this problem.
Answer:
After I changed the permission of /usr/bin/lpr
ksh:godzilla:/usr/bin># ls -l lpr
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 49152 Nov 13 1998 lpr
ksh:godzilla:/usr/bin># chmod u+s lpr
ksh:godzilla:/usr/bin># ls -l lpr
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root bin 49152 Nov 13 1998 lpr
ksh:godzilla:/usr/bin>#
Then users' printing is work..
Thanks to:
Olle Eriksson
John P Speno
Chad Price
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Hongya Zu
Research Information Service
Children's Research Institute
700 Children's Drive
Columbus, OH 43205
Phone: (614) 722-2914
Fax: (614) 722-2716
Email: zuh_at_pediatrics.ohio-state.edu
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Received on Wed Mar 08 2000 - 14:32:04 NZDT