print works only for root, not other users ...

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Hi,

I am guessing this is a file permission thing, somewhere, but here are
the symtpoms.

  • QNX RTP 6.1
  • Printing to a Jet direct printer on the net
  • root can print through Photon (editor, Voyager for example)
  • root can print from command line (lpr -P
  • But, other users cannot print, either from within Photon or command
    line

Changed permissions to 777 (and 666) for all files in /usr/spool and
below, and in /var/spool and below, and no difference

I do note that /var has permissions of 711 and /usr has permissions of
755, but would think that ought to be sufficient.

Any ideas anyone?

thanks, bruce

2

Is your lpr suid root? It’s perms should be -rwsrwxr-x (4775) and be owned
by root.

cheers

Kris

<gilland@cs.colorado.edu> wrote in message
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Hi,

I am guessing this is a file permission thing, somewhere, but here are
the symtpoms.

  • QNX RTP 6.1
  • Printing to a Jet direct printer on the net
  • root can print through Photon (editor, Voyager for example)
  • root can print from command line (lpr -P<printername
  • But, other users cannot print, either from within Photon or command
    line

Changed permissions to 777 (and 666) for all files in /usr/spool and
below, and in /var/spool and below, and no difference

I do note that /var has permissions of 711 and /usr has permissions of
755, but would think that ought to be sufficient.

Any ideas anyone?

thanks, bruce