[cups.general] Compiling CUPS on AIX 5.3 (ppc)

[Michael Sweet]

On Apr 26, 2010, at 4:26 AM, James Mackay wrote:
> Hi, back again.
> 
> I've managed to get the software compiled, installed and running. But am unable to get into the Admin Web Configuration. Connecting to the server from a remote PC it is able to server the Main Cups Page (http://<THE_SERVER_NAME>:631), but when clicking on a link to the admin page (http://<THE_SERVER_NAME>:631/admin/)it Bombs with an error 500. After increasing the logging level it is putting the following into the log:
> 
> D [23/Apr/2010:16:56:43 +0000] PID 188664 (/cups/lib/cups/cgi-bin/admin.cgi) stopped with status 255!
> D [23/Apr/2010:16:56:43 +0000] [CGI] Could not load program /cups/lib/cups/cgi-bin/admin.cgi:
> D [23/Apr/2010:16:56:43 +0000] [CGI] Dependent module libcups_s.a(libcups_s.o) could not be loaded.
> D [23/Apr/2010:16:56:43 +0000] [CGI] Could not load module libcups_s.a(libcups_s.o).
> 
> I saw a previous post on this forum and it suggested problems with admin.cgi could be to do with the path for CUPS_DATADIR???
> 
> CUPS is installed in a non-standard location (/cups).
> 
> File libcups_s.a is located in /cups/lib.
> 
> Any ideas on what could be the problem here?

At least some versions of AIX only support shared libraries in standard system directories.  However, since you are able to run cupsd you might also check the permissions of /cups, /cups/lib, and /cups/lib/libcups_s.a - all users must be able to read and execute/search those paths...

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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair