Make Cups Default ErrorPolicy Permanent

[Adelino Couto]

> Adelino Couto wrote:
>
> >> 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
> >> 5801 Smith Ave Suite 3110C
> >> Baltimore, MD 21209
> >> (410) 735-7613: DESK
> >> (410) 735-4660: FAX
> >>
> >>
> >> 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
>
>
> lpadmin -p printername -o printer-error-policy=retry-job
>
> Helge
>
Helge thank you  by the hint, but if i do that i don´t see any changes on the printers.conf!

Thanks.