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[ In reference to "The Monthly Troubleshooter: Installing a Printer" in LG#130 ]
Ian Chapman [ichapman at videotron.ca]
Ben,
I had to edit a file to add myself to the folks including cups who could use your ben@Fenrir:~# head -60 /usr/share/dict/words > /dev/lp0 to get the printer going? Where and what was that file. I've looked back at article 130 and am not able to see it.
Regards Plain text Ian.
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 11:43:11AM -0500, Ian Chapman wrote:
> Ben, I had to edit a file to add myself to the folks including cups who > could use your ben@Fenrir:~# head -60 /usr/share/dict/words > /dev/lp0 > to get the printer going? Where and what was that file. I've looked > back at article 130 and am not able to see it. Regards Plain text Ian.
I'm not sure what you mean, Ian; simply dumping text to a device doesn't require editing any files. You may need to confirm permissions and ownership for the device, like so:
ben@Tyr:~$ ls -l /dev/lp0 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 0 2007-12-15 21:16 /dev/lp0 ben@Tyr:~$ groups ben adm mail dialout cdrom floppy lp audio dip video plugdevThe device, in the above case, has owner/group set to 'root' and 'lp' - just what I'd expect - and permissions set to "read/write" for owner and group. When I check the list of groups to which I belong, it includes 'lp' - which means that I have access to the device. That's all that's necessary.
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