Jo, et al; I tried the echo redirect below and was told 'permission denied', so I tried it as root and it worked, the printer printed the message.
I chmod 0666 /dev/lp0 and it worked without su. I tried tried lpr -Plp <textfile> and it wouldn't work with or without su. On the magicfilter config, are you talking about the printcap file? That was generated by the magicfilterconfig utility, and I deleted and recreated this file several times. Here's what it looks like: The lpd.conf file has all options commented out. The lpd.perms file looks fine: ## You can make sure that connections come from a privileged port. ## Default is to allow them from any port so that non-setuid programs # can do printing. # Totally RFC1179 #REJECT SERVICE=X NOT PORT=1-1023 #REJECT SERVICE=X NOT PORT=1-1023 # Privileged #REJECT SERVICE=X NOT PORT=721-731 # # allow root on server to control jobs ACCEPT SERVICE=C SERVER REMOTEUSER=root # allow anybody to get server, status, and printcap ACCEPT SERVICE=C LPC=lpd,status,printcap # reject all others REJECT SERVICE=C # # allow same user on originating host to remove a job ACCEPT SERVICE=M SAMEHOST SAMEUSER # allow root on server to remove a job ACCEPT SERVICE=M SERVER REMOTEUSER=root REJECT SERVICE=M # all other operations allowed DEFAULT ACCEPT Any other ideas? thanks, jc --------------------------- # This file was generated by /usr/sbin/magicfilterconfig. # lp|dj952c|HP Deskjet 952C:\ :lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/dj952c:\ :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\ :if=/etc/magicfilter/dj690c-best-filter:\ :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: Also, nothing is being logged and nothing shows up in the queue (lpq). On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 10:32:42AM +0000, Jo Geraerts wrote: > Hello, > > On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Jeffrey S. Coppock wrote: > > > Jan 4 07:36:20 localhost kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq > > 7, dma 3 [SPP,ECP,ECPPS2] > > Jan 4 07:36:21 localhost kernel: parport_probe: succeeded > > Jan 4 07:36:21 localhost kernel: parport0: Printer, HEWLETT-PACKARD > > DESKJET 950C > > Jan 4 07:36:21 localhost kernel: lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven). > > I've re-installed magicfilter, but that didn't help either. > > Does it print if you run the following command: > > echo "this is a test">/dev/lp0 > > If it doesn't, take another look to the log's for errors. If it does, > there's something wrong with your magicfilter config > > Greetz, > Jo -- ********************************** Jeff Coppock Nortel Networks IP Services email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (408) 565-3848 :Office ESN: 655 (510) 703-5910 :Mobile (925) 292-1156 :Home Office