Where can I read a print log?  it's not in /var/log/

Thanks,

Brad

On 13 Jul 2003, Kekoa Vincent wrote:

> I would try installing CUPS(Common Unix Printing System), and see if you
> are having the same problem.  CUPS handles that kind of stuff well(at
> least for my purposes), especially with Samba.
> 
> It could be that windows virus as well, so try to isolate the problem,
> eg. see if it does it when your linux box is off or disconnected from
> network.  
> 
> If nothing is going to the print logs, and there aren't any past jobs in
> the temp file, I would bet it isn't a problem with your linux box.
> 
> -Kekoa
> 
> On Sat, 2003-07-12 at 18:59, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I've got a Red Hat 7.2 system running and it's networked with the 
> > rest of the computers in the house.  My son's has a printer 
> > connected to his computer and it's shared.  
> > 
> > For some reason the owner ROOT (I'm guessing it's my machine as 
> > it's the only Linux system) keeps sending garbage to print on his 
> > printer.
> > 
> > I've checked with lpq on my system but never seen anything - it's 
> > all been spooled to his I'm guessing.
> > 
> > Anyway, is there anything that could be running I don't know 
> > about that would send things to his printer, mine is fine.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Brad
> 
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