On Mon, 11 Feb 2002 17:29:03 +0100 "H.McM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I am trying to setup printing on my MDK8.1 machine using cups, and am having a 
>disastrous time.
> 
> The first problem is the cupsd.conf file. 
> 1. I do a "service cups stop" to stop the deamon.
> 2. I edit cupsd.conf (to turn browsing off amongst other things).
> 3. I restart the daemon "service cups restart"
> 
> Once the daemon is restarted, all my changes are lost, and the cupsd.conf file 
>reverts to the default one you get on installation!
> 
> What is causing this, and how do I stop it short of doing a chattr +i??

Been there... sigh!  Here's my /etc/sysconfig/printing:
# DON'T CHANGE MY /etc/cups/cupsd.conf FILE!!!!!
CUPS_CONFIG=manual

Pierre

> I get the same problem if I use any of the gui setup tools.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Hamster
> 
> 
> 
> 

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