Re:

[John Merryweather Cooper <john_m_cooper@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 2002-04-06 at 01:37, Kathy Quinlan wrote:
> John wrote :
> 
> >Well, the obvious first step is to see if the lpr command you're using
> >to print is really doing what you think it is.
> 
> >If the apsfilter printer is NOT called "lp", issuing
> 
> >$ lp test.txt
> 
> >is going to fail because apsfilter isn't being triggered.  Say your
> >WinDoze printer is named "hpoj" (one of mine is) with apsfilter's SETUP
> >program:  then you would want--
> 
> >$ lp -Phpoj test.txt
> 
> >under FreeBSD.  Obviously, if you're using the correct name and nothing
> >is coming out, you've got a more subtle configuration problem--probably
> >an issue with Samba's passwords not being configured right (just my
> >guess).
> 
> 
> I use lpr -P hp4l test.txt.
> 
> Ok I now have it working, lol it was the permissions on the smbclient.conf
> file in the /usr/local/etc/apsfilter/hp4l directory. It was set to 600 for
> permissions IE rw for owner (IIRC)  and I made it 777 now it works, what
> should the permissions be ? I have found through trial and error that the
> minimum seems to be 660 </me shrugs>
> 
> BTW great software, now I fixed a minor problem, it works really great.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Kat.
> 
> 
> 
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On FreeBSD, 644 works for me (rw for owner, r for everyone else).

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