[cups.general] perms file problems
Michael Sweet
mike at easysw.com
Mon Feb 18 19:19:32 PST 2008
Daniel Birns wrote:
> ...
> Is there a known way around this problem? Perhaps I could generate prn
> files -- that would be okay-- one for each page is preferable. The
> format I'm using for these files is PNG.
>
> Perhaps I have to write a backend? Currently my filter is simply not
> outputting anything.
The "normal" way of doing this is using a backend that runs as root
and creates the files on behalf of the printing user. Note, however,
that there are limits to this approach, as it requires a local user
account to work.
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