Public bug reported: After upgrading yesterday to the latest cups package, my root partition is filling up at the rate of more than a gigabyte per day, as a result of /var/log/cups/error.log being filled with useless messages. Examples:
D [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] [Client 60] POST / HTTP/1.1 D [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Active clients", busy="Not busy" D [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] [Client 60] Read: status=200 d [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] cupsdFindBest: uri = "/"... d [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] cupsdFindBest: Location /admin/conf Limit 7f d [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] cupsdFindBest: Location /admin Limit 7f d [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] cupsdFindBest: Location / Limit 7f d [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] cupsdFindBest: best = / d [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] [Client 60] con->uri="/", con->best=0x7fc8ee5c22f0(/) d [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] [Client 60] Authorization="" D [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] [Client 60] No authentication data provided. d [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] cupsdIsAuthorized: con->uri="/", con->best=0x7fc8ee5c22f0(/) d [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] cupsdIsAuthorized: level=CUPSD_AUTH_ANON, type=None, satisfy=CUPSD_AUTH_SATISFY_ALL, num_names=0 d [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] cupsdIsAuthorized: auth=CUPSD_AUTH_ALLOW... D [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] [Client 60] 2.0 Get-Jobs 111841 d [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] cupsdAddSelect(fd=19, read_cb=(nil), write_cb=(nil), data=0x7fc8ee900a80) A look at /etc/cups/cupsd.conf shows that 'LogLevel debug2' is set in this file. I don't remember ever setting this, but the timestamp on the file is from Oct 2012 - so this hasn't been causing a problem until now. I would not expect a 'debug' log setting to cause an error log to balloon out of control. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: cups 2.0.2-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.18.0-8.9-generic 3.18.1 Uname: Linux 3.18.0-8-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.16.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Feb 12 06:56:06 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-09-24 (1602 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1) MachineType: LENOVO 2306CTO Papersize: letter PpdFiles: Error: command ['fgrep', '-H', '*NickName', 'HP-Officejet-Pro-8600.ppd', '/etc/cups/ppd/HP-ENVY-4500-series.ppd', '/etc/cups/ppd/HP-Color-LaserJet-CM1312-MFP.ppd', '/etc/cups/ppd/davidson-printer.ppd'] failed with exit code 2: /etc/cups/ppd/HP-Officejet-Pro-8600: HP Officejet Pro 8600, hpcups 3.14.6 grep: /etc/cups/ppd/HP-ENVY-4500-series.ppd: Permission denied HP-Color-LaserJet-CM1312-MFP: HP Color LaserJet CM1312 MFP Series Postscript (recommended) davidson-printer: HP Color LaserJet CP3505 Postscript (recommended) ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.18.0-8-generic root=/dev/mapper/hostname-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: cups UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2014-12-06 (68 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 10/25/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: G2ET97WW (2.57 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 2306CTO dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Defined dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrG2ET97WW(2.57):bd10/25/2013:svnLENOVO:pn2306CTO:pvrThinkPadX230:rvnLENOVO:rn2306CTO:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 2306CTO dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X230 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO modified.conffile..etc.cups.cupsd.conf: [inaccessible: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/cups/cupsd.conf'] ** Affects: cups (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug vivid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1421252 Title: after upgrade, cups writes gigabytes of "error" logs a day Status in cups package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: After upgrading yesterday to the latest cups package, my root partition is filling up at the rate of more than a gigabyte per day, as a result of /var/log/cups/error.log being filled with useless messages. Examples: D [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] [Client 60] POST / HTTP/1.1 D [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Active clients", busy="Not busy" D [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] [Client 60] Read: status=200 d [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] cupsdFindBest: uri = "/"... d [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] cupsdFindBest: Location /admin/conf Limit 7f d [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] cupsdFindBest: Location /admin Limit 7f d [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] cupsdFindBest: Location / Limit 7f d [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] cupsdFindBest: best = / d [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] [Client 60] con->uri="/", con->best=0x7fc8ee5c22f0(/) d [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] [Client 60] Authorization="" D [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] [Client 60] No authentication data provided. d [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] cupsdIsAuthorized: con->uri="/", con->best=0x7fc8ee5c22f0(/) d [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] cupsdIsAuthorized: level=CUPSD_AUTH_ANON, type=None, satisfy=CUPSD_AUTH_SATISFY_ALL, num_names=0 d [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] cupsdIsAuthorized: auth=CUPSD_AUTH_ALLOW... D [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] [Client 60] 2.0 Get-Jobs 111841 d [12/Feb/2015:06:58:49 -0800] cupsdAddSelect(fd=19, read_cb=(nil), write_cb=(nil), data=0x7fc8ee900a80) A look at /etc/cups/cupsd.conf shows that 'LogLevel debug2' is set in this file. I don't remember ever setting this, but the timestamp on the file is from Oct 2012 - so this hasn't been causing a problem until now. I would not expect a 'debug' log setting to cause an error log to balloon out of control. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: cups 2.0.2-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.18.0-8.9-generic 3.18.1 Uname: Linux 3.18.0-8-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.16.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Feb 12 06:56:06 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-09-24 (1602 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1) MachineType: LENOVO 2306CTO Papersize: letter PpdFiles: Error: command ['fgrep', '-H', '*NickName', 'HP-Officejet-Pro-8600.ppd', '/etc/cups/ppd/HP-ENVY-4500-series.ppd', '/etc/cups/ppd/HP-Color-LaserJet-CM1312-MFP.ppd', '/etc/cups/ppd/davidson-printer.ppd'] failed with exit code 2: /etc/cups/ppd/HP-Officejet-Pro-8600: HP Officejet Pro 8600, hpcups 3.14.6 grep: /etc/cups/ppd/HP-ENVY-4500-series.ppd: Permission denied HP-Color-LaserJet-CM1312-MFP: HP Color LaserJet CM1312 MFP Series Postscript (recommended) davidson-printer: HP Color LaserJet CP3505 Postscript (recommended) ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.18.0-8-generic root=/dev/mapper/hostname-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: cups UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2014-12-06 (68 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 10/25/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: G2ET97WW (2.57 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 2306CTO dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Defined dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrG2ET97WW(2.57):bd10/25/2013:svnLENOVO:pn2306CTO:pvrThinkPadX230:rvnLENOVO:rn2306CTO:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 2306CTO dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X230 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO modified.conffile..etc.cups.cupsd.conf: [inaccessible: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/cups/cupsd.conf'] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1421252/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp