On 9/10/18 9:07 AM, Louis Garcia wrote: > I would like to add a printer at system startup if one is not present. > > I created /etc/rc.d/rc.local and made the file executable > > if [ ! -f "/etc/cups/ppd/Officejet-6700.ppd" ]; then > /sbin/lpadmin -p Officejet-6700 -o printer-is-shared=false -L "Office" -E -v > hp:/net/Officejet_6700?ip=172.16.0.2 -m lsb/usr/HP/hp-officejet_6700.ppd.gz -d > Officejet-6700 > touch /root/createdprinter.txt > else > touch /root/printerexists.txt > fi > > After boot I get the file /root/createdprinter.txt but no printer was > created. if > the printer exists before I reboot I get /root/printerexists.txt so I know the > startup script runs properly. I run the exact lpadmin command as the script > in root > terminal and works fine. > > Why does that command not want to work in a startup script? Is the boot > environment different? >
You may get more information if you add " &> somefile" to see if the lpadmin command is generating an error. -- Cardinal Rule of Presentations: "Tell them what you are going to tell them, tell them, then tell them what you told them."
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