Steve Philp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hello all!
> 
> I've just installed Mandrake 7.  Chose "high security" during
> installation and maybe that was a bad choice.
> 
> Attempting to print as a normal user via either command line or the
> Print button in Netscape gets me the error:
> 
>       [sphilp@tippy sphilp]$ lpr trans.txt
>       lpr: cannot open printer description file
> 
> lpr is installed as:
> 
>       [sphilp@tippy sphilp]$ ls -l /usr/bin/lpr 
>       -r-sr-sr-x   1 root     lp          16292 Jan 10 08:30
> /usr/bin/lpr*            
> 
> /etc/printcap is installed as:
> 
>       [sphilp@tippy sphilp]$ ls -l /etc/printcap
>       -rw-r-----   1 root     adm           486 Apr 27 00:02
> /etc/printcap            
> 
> 
> 
> I've searched both the newbie and expert archives at mandrakesoft.com,
> but it doesn't appear anyone has come across this problem (frankly,
> that's a bit surprising!)

There has been another people having it, some time ago.

> 
> Known bug with a fix?  Missed a step during setup?  Any ideas?

Yes, change permissions to world readable. This is fixed for 7.1.

Fran�ois.

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