problem adding printer in CUPS

ethan eswint at vt.edu
Thu Jun 18 04:49:24 PDT 2009


> > I'm running into problems when I try to add a printer under Fedora
> > 11.  I've got the complete details at
> > http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=224132
> >
> > but the summary is that I get the errors "HTTP Forbidden for CUPS-
> > GetDevices (no URI) from localhost" and "execute /usr/lib/cups/
> > daemon/cups-driverd: insecure file permissions (0100777)" when I try
> > to add my printer.  Any ideas?
>
> Did you install CUPS 1.4 on that system?  CUPS 1.4 adds permission
> requirements for all executables - you can't have world write
> permissions enabled on the executable or containing directory.  It
> sounds like the permissions are wrong...

Thanks for the reply.  Cups 1.4 is installed.  What should the permissions be, 555 (rx)?




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