[sf-lug] lpadmin --> forbidden

Alex Kleider a_kleider at yahoo.com
Mon Oct 27 14:02:08 PDT 2008 

--- On Sun, 10/26/08, Dennis J Harrison Jr <dennisharrison at gmail.com> wrote:
> Make sure the user is in the lpadmin group

Yes, the URL to which you pointed me to was about a person who seemed to be having a very similar problem and your suggestion was made to him or her.
I checked my system and indeed I had already included all relative users.

I'll wipe everything  out and start with a fresh installation as soon as I get my hands on Ubuntu 8.10

> 
> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 10:32 PM, Alex Kleider
> <a_kleider at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > a_kleider at yahoo.com
> >
> >
> > --- On Sun, 10/26/08, Dennis J Harrison Jr
> <dennisharrison at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Dennis J Harrison Jr
> <dennisharrison at gmail.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [sf-lug] lpadmin --> forbidden
> >> To: a_kleider at yahoo.com
> >> Cc: "John Lowry"
> <johnlowry at gmail.com>, "Linux userGroup"
> <sf-lug at linuxmafia.com>
> >> Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 3:33 PM
> >> A little more background is in order here.
> >>
> >> What distro is this?
> >
> > Ubuntu: ...
> >> standard Ubuntu utilities because he doesn't
> have root....
> >
> > And how is this printer connected?
> >
> > parallel:....
> >
> >> alex at lildell:~$ dmesg | grep -i print
> >> [   24.778371] parport0: Printer, Hewlett-Packard
> OfficeJet Series 700
> >
> >
> >> USB?
> >
> > No, it's not USB
> >
> > but I'll check out that URL;
> >
> > thanks
> > alex
> >
> >
> >
> > the rest is just what's gone before.
> >
> >
> >>
> >> If so you might want to look into what version of
> cups you
> >> are running.
> >>
> >> Also you might find this url helpful
> >>
> >>
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/08/msg00950.html
> >>
> >> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 4:56 PM, Alex Kleider
> >> <a_kleider at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> > I expect this is way more than you wanted,
> but here it
> >> _all_ is:
> >> >
> >> > alex at lildell:~$ lpinfo -v
> >> > network socket
> >> > network beh
> >> > network http
> >> > network ipp
> >> > network lpd
> >> > direct parallel:/dev/lp0
> >> > file cups-pdf:/
> >> > alex at lildell:~$
> >> > alex at lildell:~$ dmesg | grep -i print
> >> > [   24.778371] parport0: Printer,
> Hewlett-Packard
> >> OfficeJet Series 700
> >> > alex at lildell:~$ man lpadmin
> >> > alex at lildell:~$ cd /etc/cups
> >> > alex at lildell:/etc/cups$ ls
> >> > acroread.conf   client.conf        
> cupsd.conf.O
> >> mime.types    printers.conf    raw.types
> >> > classes.conf    cupsd.conf         
> cups-pdf.conf
> >> pdftops.conf  printers.conf.O  snmp.conf
> >> > classes.conf.O  cupsd.conf.default 
> mime.convs     ppd
> >>           raw.convs        ssl
> >> > alex at lildell:/etc/cups$ cd ppd
> >> > alex at lildell:/etc/cups/ppd$ ls
> >> > OfficeJet.ppd  PDF.ppd
> >> > alex at lildell:/etc/cups/ppd$ su george
> >> > Password:
> >> > george at lildell:/etc/cups/ppd$ ls
> >> > OfficeJet.ppd  PDF.ppd
> >> > george at lildell:/etc/cups/ppd$ lpadmin -p
> OfficeJet -v
> >> parallel:/dev/lp0 -m OfficeJet.ppd
> >> > lpadmin: Forbidden
> >> > george at lildell:/etc/cups/ppd$ su root
> >> > Password:
> >> > root at lildell:/etc/cups/ppd# lpadmin -p
> OfficeJet -v
> >> parallel:/dev/lp0 -m OfficeJet.ppd
> >> > lpadmin: Forbidden
> >> > root at lildell:/etc/cups/ppd# man lpadmin
> >> > root at lildell:/etc/cups/ppd# which lpadmin
> >> > /usr/sbin/lpadmin
> >> > root at lildell:/etc/cups/ppd# ls -l
> /usr/sbin/lpadmin
> >> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 21508 2008-10-15 10:30
> >> /usr/sbin/lpadmin
> >> > root at lildell:/etc/cups/ppd# lpadmin
> >> > Usage:
> >> >
> >> >    lpadmin [-h server] -d destination
> >> >    lpadmin [-h server] -x destination
> >> >    lpadmin [-h server] -p printer [-c
> add-class] [-i
> >> interface] [-m model]
> >> >                       [-r remove-class] [-v
> device]
> >> [-D description]
> >> >                       [-P ppd-file] [-o
> name=value]
> >> >                       [-u allow:user,user]
> [-u
> >> deny:user,user]
> >> >
> >> > root at lildell:/etc/cups/ppd# lpadmin -p
> OfficeJet -v
> >> parallel:/dev/lp0 -m OfficeJet.ppd
> >> > lpadmin: Forbidden
> >> > root at lildell:/etc/cups/ppd# file
> /usr/sbin/lpadmin
> >> > /usr/sbin/lpadmin: ELF 32-bit LSB executable,
> Intel
> >> 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.6.8,
> dynamically
> >> linked (uses shared libs), stripped
> >> > root at lildell:/etc/cups/ppd# exit
> >> >
> >> > ----------------------- end of cut and
> >> paste---------------------------
> >> >
> >> > This gives you a complete overview of what I
> was
> >> doing.
> >> > I'm the sudoer on this machine and when
> I'm
> >> logged on, the printer functions but not so when
> George is
> >> logged on. He can't install the printer using
> the
> >> standard Ubuntu utilities because he doesn't
> have root
> >> privileges.
> >> > Seems catch 22 to me.
> >> > I was driven to the command line because
> >> > giving http://localhost:631 to firefox just
> caused it
> >> to sit there and go nowhere which suggests that
> there may be
> >> a more fundamental underlying problem in the cups
> system.
> >> > This machine has another problem: after every
> boot it
> >> must be given
> >> > sudo ifup eth0
> >> > to get networking going
> >> > so my plan is to start over and reformat the
> drive
> >> with the new version of
> >> > ubuntu as soon as it comes out Thursday. In
> other
> >> words: solving this problem isn't critical but
> it does
> >> interest me to find out what is happening.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for taking an interest.
> >> >
> >> > alex
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > a_kleider at yahoo.com
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --- On Sun, 10/26/08, John Lowry
> >> <johnlowry at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> From: John Lowry
> <johnlowry at gmail.com>
> >> >> Subject: Re: [sf-lug] lpadmin -->
> forbidden
> >> >> To: sf-lug at linuxmafia.com
> >> >> Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 1:53 PM
> >> >> Can you cut and paste the error message
> you get?
> >> >>
> >> >> Alex Kleider wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > While trying to solve a pesky
> printer problem
> >> from the
> >> >> command line I get
> >> >> > forbidden
> >> >> > as a response to trying to execute
> the
> >> following:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > root at lildell:/etc/cups/ppd# lpadmin
> -p
> >> OfficeJet -v
> >> >> parallel:/dev/lp0 -m OfficeJet.ppd
> >> >> >
> >> >> > permissions seem to be in order:
> >> >> > root at lildell:/etc/cups/ppd# ls -l
> >> /usr/sbin/lpadmin
> >> >> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 21508
> 2008-10-15 10:30
> >> >> /usr/sbin/lpadmin
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Has anyone any idea what's
> happening?
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
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