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.
