A heads-up to those thinking of installing/upgrading to OpenBSD 3.2, and possible issues for other *nixes.
lpd/lpr permissions changed to use the group daemon instead of the user daemon... > -----Original Message----- > From: Van Sickler, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 12:27 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: checkpc vs 3.2 mini-FAQ > > > If I use this snippet from the 3.2 upgrade mini-FAQ, checkpc -f > complains about the rights on /var/spool/lpd as being > 770 instead of 700, and changes the rights back to 700... > > ################################## > > 3.1.5: New permissions for lp* > The spool directories used by lpd must now be writable by > group daemon in order for lpr to be able to spool files. > Additionally, the files within the spool directories must > be owned by user and group daemon. This can be accomplished > as follows: > > # find /var/spool/output /var/spool/lpd -type d \ > -execdir chgrp daemon {} \; -execdir chmod g+rwx {} \; > # find /var/spool/output /var/spool/lpd -type f \ > -execdir chown daemon:daemon {} \; > > ################################# > > So which/what needs to be fixed? > changing spool_dir_perms=000700 in /usr/local/etc/lpd.conf to spool_dir_perms=000770 fixes it... Jim ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
