[KLUG Members] lp que management

[Bruce Smith]

> >Anyone use any lp que management software.  
> 
> If you find any decent queue management software let me know,  I've looked for
> *YEARS*.
> 
> All I want is a nice GTK (M$-Windows-esque) application that lets be pick a
> queue, see the jobs, and cancel, hold, or release.  Promotion would be nice, but
> I don't much care.  And works with stock RH LPRng.
> 
> It's looking like I'm going to have to write something myself, ick....
> 
> >Preferably web based, preferably php or perl
> >so that I have a prayer of changing it if I need.  
> >I want to be able to give certain users
> >the ability to manage print jobs.
> 
> The bugger is how you do such a thing securely (minus kerberos).  The web server
> runs as nobody or httpd,  does nobody o httpd have privilages to cancel, hold,
> release, or promote print jobs?

Would it work to put user nobody in group "lp"?  
Only a guess, I never tried it with Linux.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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