Hi, * Jo Geraerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010106 18:41]: > On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, David Reviejo wrote: > > > > I chmod 0666 /dev/lp0 and it worked without su. > > Don't do this. The /dev/lp? devices are 0660 by default, with group > > "lp"; you only need to add the user who need to use the printer > > to the "lp" group (this work too for another devices: group "floppy" for > > floppys, "dialout" for serial, ...). > > I you don't even have to add the user to the lp group, lpr is normally > setuid root. The user don't has to access the lp port, lpr does.
You are right, for normal printer use with lpr. My advice was to not chmod /dev/lp0 to 666 if you want direct access to the device for some non-root user (like doing echo or cat to /dev/lp0). Cheers, -- David
