Thank you for the tip re su -. Trying to sort out one problem I find I learn all kinds of things applicable to other problems (now if I could only remember some of them...).
The cups config files are identical on my machine (where it works flawlessly) and hers (where it doesn't). I've managed to telnet to port 631 both locally and also from the other PC on the network, but I don't know what to do after I get connected. I've had a squiz at /var/log/cups/error_log. Much gibberish to me but I do note this: I cat the error log, try to print something, cat the error log again; the error log reads exactly the same before and after the attempt to print. Logic suggests to me that the error is occurring before the file-to-be-printed gets to the cups daemon. =====Andrew On Sun, 2003-08-03 at 08:46, Nick Rout wrote: > service should (needs?) to be run as root, and root's path should > include /sbin. (service status may not need root permissions, > stop|start|restart should) > > hint: if you are using su to get a root prompt, use su - > > the - loads root's environment, including the extended path.
