[cups.general] Make Cups Default ErrorPolicy Permanent

[Denny Snyder]

I have the default error policy set in cupsd.conf

ErrorPolicy retry-job

Seems to work for me

Denny Snyder
Systems Engineer
IT at Johns Hopkins
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On 10/27/2009 02:13 PM, Helge Blischke wrote:
> Adelino Couto wrote:
>
>    
>>> Adelino Couto wrote:
>>>
>>>        
>>>>> Adelino Couto wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>>>>> Adelino Couto wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                
>>>>>>>> I everybody, i have several servers with Redhat Enterprise AS
>>>>>>>> 4.7, and i need to make de default ErrorPolicy of CUPS to
>>>>>>>> "retry-current-job". I have made that by adding the line
>>>>>>>> "ErrorPolicy retry-current-job" to "/etc/cups/printers.conf". But
>>>>>>>> when i go to the tool of printers configuration "printtool" and
>>>>>>>> for an example i add a new printer, the line "ErrorPolicy
>>>>>>>> retry-current-job" is deleted. What it seems to happen is that
>>>>>>>> "printool" makes a reset on the manual definitions that a user
>>>>>>>> makes. The GUI of printtool on Redhat does not have that option,
>>>>>>>> like Fedora. Does anyone can help me on this? Thank you. Adelino
>>>>>>>> Couto.
>>>>>>>>                  
>>>>>>> Use the CUPS web interface instead of printtool
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Helge
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                
>>>>>> But in the CUPS web interface i do not have the ErrorPolicy
>>>>>> configuration available. Thanks
>>>>>> Adelino Couto
>>>>>>              
>>>>> You should find it ehen selecting thre "set printer options" under
>>>>> Policies.
>>>>>
>>>>> Helge
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>> On my CUPS v1.1.22 i dot no have the option Policies.
>>>> Maybe a need an upgrade to cups?
>>>>
>>>> Adelino
>>>>          
>>> Sorry, I only have experience with CUPS 1.1.x and 1.3.x.
>>> I know the policies have been introduced with 1.2.x, but I don't know how
>>> the web interface of 1.2.x supports this.
>>>
>>> Helge
>>>
>>>        
>> Ok, but what version as the Policies option? v1.2.x?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Adelino Couto
>>      
> Maybe the error policy can only be specified using the lpadmin program.
>
> Helge
>
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