> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Feb 5 14:38:33 2002
> Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 16:34:35 -0500 (EST)
> From: Ryan Novosielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: LPRng Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: LPRng: Jobs will not release
>
> I have some color printers with :ah set -- these work fine and are not the
> problem. HOWEVER, I have some lasers that are in a pool, ljnlab: laser1
> and laser2. I have an accounting script that holds jobs when the user does
> not have enough quota to print any longer, and holds them there until they
> are released by a lab assistant after their quota is augmented. However,
> when the lab assistant (or me, as root, so it isn't a permissions thing)
> does:
>
> $ lpc release ljnlab 364
>
> ...the job says "started" or whatever it would say, but then is still
> held. I do it immediately after, so I know it isn't related to the
> accounting script (it takes several seconds to get to that stage). It just
> seems as if it lies to me and claims to be releasing when it is not. This
> SEEMS to be different between 3.7.4, which I believe is the most recent
> version I ran before this, and 3.8.1.
>
> Any requests for more info or any insights anyone can offer?
>
> ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _
> |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | | Ryan Novosielski - Jr. UNIX Systems Admin
> |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| | [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 732/235.4170 (5-4170)
> \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent. | IST/ACS - Robert Wood Johnson MS - S-B11
Here is how to debug this.
1. set up a dummy 'accounting script'
#!/bin/sh
if [ -f /tmp/release ] ; then
echo accept
exit 0
fi
echo hold
exit 0
and make the printcap:
lp:
...
:as=|/tmp/acctscript
2. print a job:
lpr /tmp/job
3. now check for status, it should be held:
lpq -L
4. touch /tmp/release
5. lpc release lp <jobid>
6. check to see if it has been released.
lpq -L
If this works, then you probably have some problem with the
return status of the accounting script.
Patrick Powell Astart Technologies,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 9475 Chesapeake Drive, Suite D,
Network and System San Diego, CA 92123
Consulting 858-874-6543 FAX 858-279-8424
LPRng - Print Spooler (http://www.lprng.com)
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