my .seq file (which I think gets changed everytime something gets queued
for printing, but never disappears) looks like this:
-rw-rw---x 1 root lp 4 Nov 16 23:23 .seq
root:lp with 0661 permissions
the parent directory (/var/spool/lpd) is root:daemon with 0775
permissions, the local directory itself is root:lp with 0755 permissions
ownership issues might very well be causing the problem you're having..
also, make sure that your printing utilities look like this:
-r-sr-sr-x 1 root lp 16872 Oct 4 16:09 /usr/bin/lpq
-r-sr-sr-x 1 root lp 18568 Oct 4 16:09 /usr/bin/lpr
-r-sr-sr-x 1 root lp 17208 Oct 4 16:09 /usr/bin/lprm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3148 Oct 4 16:09 /usr/bin/lptest
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2507 Mar 7 2000 /usr/bin/lpunlock
note that the first 3 are root:lp with 6555 permissions (not having, say,
lpr as setuid/setgid could cause a slight problem with gaining access high
enough to wirte a .seq file.
long story short, just check permissions on everything :)
On Sun, 19 Nov 2000, Hidong Kim wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a network of two Red Hat 6.1 machines. There's a printer hooked
> up to one of the machines. I can't print from the machine with the
> printer, but I can print from the remote machine. When I try to print
> from the local machine, I get this error:
>
> lpr: cannot create /var/spool/lpd/lp/.seq
>
>
> I tried setting the permission to 1777 on /var/spool/lpd/lp on the local
> machine, but I still get the same error. The permission on this
> directory was 755 before I tried changing it. Printing was working fine
> from both machines until I recently upgraded the bios. Any
> suggestions? Thanks,
>
>
>
> Hidong
>
>
>
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