Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 18:05:47 -0700 From: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com> To: Anthony Agelastos <iqgrande@gmail.com> Cc: asa@agava.com, albi <albi@scii.nl>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CUPS, USB printers & "Permission Denied" Message-ID: <449F32EB.3010805@ywave.com> In-Reply-To: <F4BEF046-2C6E-40BE-9703-2F27CB84CFDF@gmail.com> References: <8a6250b20606251628g5ea35843r5ccb318b15876609@mail.gmail.com> <20060626013428.bfd51cb9.albi@scii.nl> <F4BEF046-2C6E-40BE-9703-2F27CB84CFDF@gmail.com>
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Anthony Agelastos wrote: > Hello and thank you for the very quick reply. > > On Jun 25, 2006, at 7:34 PM, albi wrote: > >> On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 19:28:35 -0400 >> "Anthony Agelastos" <iqgrande@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I updated CUPS and I cannot print to my USB laser printer. The web >>> interface shows the following: >>> >>> hp_LaserJet_1160Le (Default Printer) "Unable to open USB device >>> "usb:/dev/ulpt0": Permission denied" >>> Description: Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 1160Le >>> Location: Den >>> Make and Model: HP LaserJet 1160 Foomatic/hpijs (recommended) >>> Printer State: stopped, accepting jobs, published. >>> Device URI: usb:/dev/ulpt0 >> >> are the permissions on /dev/ulpt0 correct ? > I have no idea what it is supposed to be. > %ls -l /dev/ulpt0 > crw-r--r-- 1 root operator 0, 68 Jun 25 19:01 /dev/ulpt0 > >> >> if the printer runs fine as root you know it's likely a >> permission-problem >> > What's the best way to run it as root? When I log into the CUPS web > interface as root and try to print a test page, it gives me the message > I posted above. If, as root, I try to print a Postscript file via lp, it > does nothing. > > Thank you all again for your > assistance._______________________________________________ I had the same problem. chown ulpt0 to group cups and add group write. That will fix it. I added the following to /etc/devfs.rules to make the fix permanent: [system=10] add path 'unlpt*' mode 0660 group cups add path 'ulpt*' mode 0660 group cups Don't forget to restart devfs. HTH, Micah
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