PDF script and nfsnobody

[Richard Cooke]

Am using the pdf backend script written by Michael Goffioul, with modifications to place the output at /home/<username>/PDF, and change permissions to 777. Using RedHat Enterprise, set up PDFcreator printer on a server using localhost:631. If user ssh to server and runs "lpr -P PDFcreator test_file_name", CUPS creates the test_file_name.pdf in the /home/<username>/PDF directory fine. However, the file is owned by 4294967294 and group 4294967294. Modified backend script to chown the file, but to no avail. When the user looks at the permission of the file from their own system, it is owned by nfsnobody. Also, when submitting lpr from own system printer is specified as PDFcreator at server, but no print is created. Job remains if print queue, lpq -P PDFcreator at server.

Any ideas as to how to share this printer, and how to correct ownership?

Rich Cooke
Sr. CAD Engineer
Linear Technology