On Monday 28 October 2002 11:48 am, you wrote: > I am familiar with LPD, and not CUPS. But still wondering if there is > anything like 'permissions' file where the permissions (to print) are set.
Not that I am aware of...I did find something interesting when I went back to look at the Printerdrake cups configuration. Under Remote printers, the Lexmark was listed as Lexmark: Unknown modelon Windows server "fred", share "Lexmark" (Default) I'm sure this was configured properly before with the correct model. I changed it back -- hopefully that'll help. > If there is no concept of permissions in CUPS, set the print jobs log file > to keep the jobs. This way you can at least track where the jobs are coming > from (i.e. outside of your LAN). Yes, there is a log file, and it doesn't look like there are any print jobs coming from outside the LAN. > > Though not specific, hope this tip helps. Good luck. > > - Emin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Peter Pankonin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Monday, October 28, 2002 11:34 am > Subject: (clug-talk) What to do when CUPS starts to spew? > > > It started on Friday: > > > > The printers (two of them -- a Lexmark and a Canon) configured > > through CUPS > > started printing a job. On the first page it says > > > > MZ (then some random characters followed by) !This program cannot > > be run in > > DOS mode. followed by some more characters. > > > > It then prints one line of code per page and empties the printer. > > This > > repeated four or five times on Friday and has happened again three > > times this > > morning. > > > > I've looked through the chron jobs, KJobViewer, Print Job > > Administration tool, > > but can't find where this job is coming from. Any ideas?
