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From: brad@bradf.UUCP (Bradley W. Fisher)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: printers
Summary: possibly permissions?
Keywords: printers permissions directories
Message-ID: <263@bradf.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jun 90 03:27:51 GMT
References: <2066@polari.UUCP>
Organization: Brad Fisher, Mesa, AZ
Lines: 15

In article <2066@polari.UUCP>, corwin@polari.UUCP (Don Glover) writes:
> I am using Xenix 386 2.3.2 and have just made a default printer named
> [...deleted...] 
> if I go in with root and try and print, lp claims (on the screen) that it
> cannot read the directory.

Sounds like one of your directories leading down to the file doesn't have
execute permission for "others" ... maybe "temp"? The lp spooler needs to
have it ... it's setuid(bin) I beleive. Try "chmod o+x" when you see the
offender. ;-)
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