[ale] Slackware permissions problem?

[Dow Hurst]

I checked on a SuSE 8.0 PC workstation and double checked the SGI 
PowerIndigo2 IRIX CUPS server and both have /var/spool/cups with lp.sys 
owning the cups directory and permissions of 700.
Dow


David S. Jackson wrote:

>On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 10:45:27AM -0400 Dow Hurst <dhurst at kennesaw.edu> wrote:
>  
>
>>You might have a security setting that made the choice on the 
>>/var/lib/spool's permissions.  I've noticed the locations of the cups 
>>directories vary from OS to OS.  Under IRIX it is under 
>>/var/spool/cups.  
>>    
>>
>
>Interesting.  I'll keep an eye out for these variations.  Wonder
>how it is in Fbsd?  (\me sneaks his way over to the ports
>directory...)
>
>  
>
>>Anyway, if you want to recompile to fit your needs, 
>>you can do that.  As long as only lp can write to the spool directories, 
>>I believe your okay.  Don't make it world writeable if you can help it.  
>>Chown the /var/lib/spool/cups to lp.lp or lp.sys if you can.  
>>    
>>
>
>Good.  They're lp.sys with a drwx------ right now.  But this box
>is also behind two firewalls.  Still, it's good to follow pro
>forma security, ain't it?  :0)
>
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>
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