Make Cups Default ErrorPolicy Permanent

[Adelino Couto]

> 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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>
And how come i do that?

Adelino