[25593] in Athena Bugs
linux 9.2.29 /dev/lp0 inaccessible to lpd
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Mon Apr 12 12:56:01 2004
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From: Derek Atkins <warlord@mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 12:55:56 -0400
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Hi,
I just upgraded my server to 9.2.29 (from an older version
of Athena) and the printer server lpd could not access the
printer device, /dev/lp0.
It appears that lpd is running as user/group daemon, but
/dev/lp0 is owned by root:lp:
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 0 Jan 30 2003 /dev/lp0
After I manually changed the device to be group daemon
the printer started working.
IMHO either lpd should run in group lp, or /dev/lp0 should be
chgrp'ed to group daemon. Either way works fine.
-derek
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