Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 22:15:43 -0400 From: Anthony Agelastos <iqgrande@gmail.com> To: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com> Cc: asa@agava.com, albi <albi@scii.nl>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CUPS, USB printers & "Permission Denied" Message-ID: <B4BD13CF-4F78-454C-A551-6E5718527D67@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <449F32EB.3010805@ywave.com> References: <8a6250b20606251628g5ea35843r5ccb318b15876609@mail.gmail.com> <20060626013428.bfd51cb9.albi@scii.nl> <F4BEF046-2C6E-40BE-9703-2F27CB84CFDF@gmail.com> <449F32EB.3010805@ywave.com>
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On Jun 25, 2006, at 9:05 PM, Micah wrote: > 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: I did chgrp cups /dev/ulpt0 chmod g+w /dev/ulpt0 > > [system=10] > add path 'unlpt*' mode 0660 group cups > add path 'ulpt*' mode 0660 group cups I did not have a /etc/devfs.rules file, so I copied /etc/defaults/ devfs.rules to /etc/devfs.rules and added what you suggested at the bottom of it. > > Don't forget to restart devfs. When I do /etc/rc.d/devfs restart it seems like nothing happens. So, I rebooted my machine and the group was back to operator. What am I doing wrong? Thank you so much for your assistance with this. > > HTH, > Micah
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