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Re: [LUG] Permissions problem

 

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NW wrote:
> I have been looking at the possibility of using my one printer for all
> three computers at home, see other thread. Now I don't know if I have
> done anything silly but .....
> 
> Yesterday I couldn't print anything. Research tracked down the problem
> to the permissions on dev/lp0. They were  rw-rw---- with user = root and
> group = lp. So others had no permissions.
> 
> I used chmod (with sudo) to change the permissions to rw-rw-rw- and I
> was then able to print. Fine.
> 
> Today same problem. The permissions had reverted to rw-rw----. I have
> changed them again. Now I don't want to have to keep running chmod every
> session, that is just silly and anyway it has only just started to happen.
> 
> Can anyone help here please? For a start I don't understand why the new
> set of permissions changed back. Shouldn't my change remain fixed?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Neil
> 
> 
I just wondered if you need to be part of the lp group, depending on
your graphical interface thing, there is usually a program that controls
users and its a simple tick box to add your user name to different groups.

I will let others comment on this as It maynot be the right solution,

Paul

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