Dirk Uys wrote: > Hi > > I'm getting the following error from /var/log/cups/cups-pdf_log when I try > to print to a PDF printer: > > [ERROR] failed to set file mode for PDF file (non fatal) > (/var/spool/cups-pdf/dc_u/HOWTO__Install_Cups-PDF_-_Page_4_- _Ubuntu_Forums.pdf) > > I tried changing permission of /var/spool/cups-pdf/dc_u to "a+rwx", but > that made no difference. There are a bunch of emails and bugs about this > on Ubuntu related forums, but it seems that the problem is related to > AppAmor? > > Does anyone have any suggestions to resolve the problem?
Look into /etc/cups/cups-pdf. The individual spool directories must have proper access rights (like .ssh in your home) and match the UserUMask setting. Otherwise cups-pdf will not generate the PDF, simply because others might access the directory also. With all settings as default, it should look like this: $ ll /var/spool/cups-pdf/ drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 54 2007-10-01 19:01 ./ drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 78 2007-08-25 16:50 ../ drwx------ 2 jdoe lp 6 2007-10-01 19:01 jdoe/ drwxr-x--x 2 root lp 6 2010-03-01 13:41 SPOOL/ - Jörg
