CUPS backend issue writing to file

Daniel Stoeck trashmay at googlemail.com
Sun May 2 06:02:27 PDT 2010


> I hacked a print to file backend (a Perl script) which additionally allows
> to do postprocessing the result file (by calling a program/script).
>
> When writing the file or executing the postprocessing stuff, it runs as the
> job-requesting-user (parameter usename in the command line) or, if that
> isn't a user known to the local system, as the user (and group) owning the
> destination directory.
>
> I have this baqckend running on Mac OS X 10.5.8 and OpenSuSE 11.1;
> for Snow Leopard, you probably need to modify the sandbox profiles.
>
> If you are interested, drop me an e-mail for that script.
>
> Helge


I would like to give your backend a try. But to be honest I hope to get a solution for my problem because it worked absolutely well on a Mac OS X non-Server Environment.




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