[cups.general] parallel backend vs /dev/lp0

[Michael Sweet]

Tim Waugh wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In CUPS 1.2rc1 I see that the parallel backend no longer runs as
> root.  The defaults seem to be user lp and group nobody (although
> 'CUPS_DEFAULT_GROUP' is "lp" in my config.h).
> 
> This means that the parallel backend doesn't have permission to open
> this device for reading:
> 
> crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 0 Mar 29 08:52 /dev/lp0
> 
> Shouldn't CUPS_DEFAULT_GROUP be used instead of "nobody" here?:

Yes, please file a STR for this, thanks!

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