-------- Original Message -------- From: Johannes Meixner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed 15 Aug 2007 04:44:16 PM EST
> Hello, > > On Aug 15 09:27 Dave Barton wrote (shortened): >>> Tirsdag 14 august 2007 14:05 skrev Dave Barton: >>>> I recently did a fresh 10.2 install. Initially the printer setup went >>>> with any problems and printing from any app worked fine. > ... >> tried every possible variation of lppasswd and all I get is: >> "lppasswd: Unable to open password file: Permission denied" > > On my current openSUSE 10.2 system: > > ls -l /usr/bin/lppasswd > -rwsr-xr-x 1 lp sys > > I.e. it runs as setuid "lp". Same here. > Does "lp" have sufficient permissions to create /etc/cups/passwd.md5 > (i.e. does "lp" have write permissions for the /etc/cups/ directory)? Yes > By the way: > Regarding how to re-install CUPS, see > http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:CUPS_-_Reinstalling_the_Printing_System > > > Kind Regards > Johannes Meixner Yes I followed that procedure (3 times now), plus uninstalling and reinstalling required printer drivers. Thanks for trying to help Johannes, but I think I have pretty much exhausted all options and I have a business to run, so I cannot waste any more time on this. I have been playing with PCLinuxOS on another box and I am really impressed with it. As I have to reinstall I am going to switch distros. Dave
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