On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 04:43:09PM +0200, dbonnafo@algol.dyndns.org wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I need to setup lpd with apsfilter under netBSD 1.5.2.
> 
> The printer is a local one and there is no problem when I send a
> local job to lpd (apsfilter works well)
> 
> 
> 
> But... there is a problem when lpd receive a remote job.
> 
> In the FAC of apsfilter :
> 
> Q: I get "permission denied" errors for some file cf...!
> A: That's a classic FAQ :) Far too many lpd installations suffer from wrong
> permissions or non-matching user/group ID settings which prevent apsfilter
> from reading that control file. All I can say is: LPRng doesn't have that
> problem.
> 
> 
> I notice that when lpd receive a local job, the cf... file is own by
> daemon:wheel:rw-rw---- but when it's a remote job by
> root:wheel:rw-rw----.
> 
> 
> Can you help me ? (I don't want to install LPRng if possible !)

Well, I don't know apsfilter, but can you post the printcap, and
permissions for relevant files ?
I think with NetBSD files are created with root:daemon, so apsfilter
probably needs to have access to group daemon.

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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