Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 12 Jul 1997 06:40:03 +0000
Received: (qmail 6938 invoked from network); 12 Jul 1997 06:40:02 -0000
Received: from urc1.cc.kuleuven.ac.be (134.58.8.3)
  by master.debian.org with SMTP; 12 Jul 1997 06:40:01 -0000
Received: from debian (du01-03.dial.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be [134.58.122.35])
	by urc1.cc.kuleuven.ac.be (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA23408
	for <submit@bugs.debian.org>; Sat, 12 Jul 1997 08:32:53 +0200
Received: from urc1.cc.kuleuven.ac.be ([127.0.0.1]) by debian
	 with esmtp id m0wmvp5-000hrcC
	(Debian Smail-3.2 1996-Jul-4 #2); Sat, 12 Jul 1997 08:38:27 +0200 (CEST)
Message-Id: <m0wmvp5-000hrcC@debian>
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: lpr does not print for a general user
From: Michael Osamu Shiobara <osamu.shiobara@student.kuleuven.ac.be>
Reply-To: osamu.shiobara@student.kuleuven.ac.be
X-Mailer: Mew version 1.70 on Emacs 19.34.1 / Mule 2.3
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 08:38:26 +0200
Sender: OSAMU.SHIOBARA@student.kuleuven.ac.be

Package: lpr
Version: 5.9-15

Hello there,

I have found a problem in running "lpr" on "hamm".

# My kernel level is 2.0.30.
# My libc5 level is 5.4.23.
# My libc6 level is 2.0.4.

# I am using the "magicfilter" that is configured with
# /usr/sbin/laserjet-filter.

/* symptom */

I have installed lpr_5.9-15.deb, but it does not print when invoked
on a non-previledged user, while it *does* print on "root".

# Before upgrading to 5.9-15, I was using 5.9-13.1 that worked 
# appropriately on my installation.

Let me type on the command line as the following:

  $ lpr foo.asc

It does not print, and it gives the following error message:

  lpr: cannot create /var/spool/lpd/hplj5p/.seq

Hereinabove, "hplj5p" is my spool directory.

/* diagnosis */

In my opinion, the relevant executables have a wrong permission
in /usr/bin.  After upgrading to 5.9-15, the permissions are:

  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         6666 Jul  8 23:30 /usr/bin/lpf
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        13152 Jul  8 23:30 /usr/bin/lpq
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        14172 Jul  8 23:30 /usr/bin/lpr
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        13044 Jul  8 23:30 /usr/bin/lprm
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         4664 Jul  8 23:30 /usr/bin/lptest

However, lpq, lpr, and lprm should have the "s" bit turned on for 
the user and group, as in version 5.9-13.1.

I have observed that I can work around this problem in turning the "s"
bit on, e.g.:

  -rwsr-sr-x   1 root     root        14172 Jul  8 23:30 /usr/bin/lpr, etc.
     ^  ^

# Another observation is that the owner of lpq, lpr, and lprm is 
# "root.root" in version 5.9-15, whereas it was "root.lp" in version 
# 5.9-13.1.  But I am unable to say whether this change has a crucial 
# role in this problem.

Best regards,

Michael