[cups] Auto-Clear printer queue

Dean Montgomery dmonty at sd73.bc.ca
Thu Dec 24 10:11:10 PST 2015


Found -U works instead of -u - this clears all queues.

 cancel -U SOMEUSER -a

----- Original Message -----
> > Dean,
> > 
> > The simplest solution is to have the cron job run as root.
> 
> When I run as root I still get the password dialog:
>  root at server:# cancel -a -u tostrom
>  Password for root on 10.74.0.1?
> 
> I've also tried:
>  root at server# sudo -u tostrom cancel -a -u tostrom
>  Password for tostrom on 10.74.0.1?
> 
> --
> 
> 
> Dean Montgomery
> Network Support Tech./Programmer
> School District #73

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Dean Montgomery 
Network Support Tech./Programmer 
School District #73 



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