CUPS backend issue writing to file

pipitas at gmail.com pipitas at gmail.com
Mon May 3 23:55:01 PDT 2010


> My backend itself works now. But I can only write my postscript files to
> /tmp/***.ps :( Is it possible to write elsewhere? When I try to write to
> paths like /var/mypostscripts/ it gives me pstops failed error messages.
> Is there a list of allowed paths to write?


Did you put my advice on trial? (given last Sunday):

"If you give a backend permissions of "700" it will run as root."





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