topic Re: CUPS command line utility help needed in Operating System - Linux

CUPS command line utility help needed

Debbie Fleith — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:43:34 GMT

Two questions.
1. Is there an equivalent "cancel -a printer-name" HP-UX command that can be used under Linux CUPS which will cancel all print jobs for a given printer?

2. How can I configure a CUPS printer under Linux to allow other users to cancel any other users' print jobs?

Re: CUPS command line utility help needed

Mike Stroyan — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:18:30 GMT

Cups does have a "cancel -a dest" feature.

The ability to cancel jobs is configured in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf. Look for a

section. See "man cupsd.conf" for information on the file syntax.

Re: CUPS command line utility help needed

George Liu_4 — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:23:35 GMT

1. cancel [ -a ] [ -h server ] [ -u username ] [ id ] [ destination ] [ destination-id ]

2. use webinterface http://localhost:631/ to do administrative jobs

Re: CUPS command line utility help needed

Debbie Fleith — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:52:01 GMT

Right now, I can't use cancel -a unless I'm the root user.

I checked my man page on cupsd.conf but it wasn't specific. Does anyone know exactly what syntax and what section to make changes in the cupsd.conf file to enable other users to be able to cancel print jobs?

Re: CUPS command line utility help needed

George Liu_4 — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:05:04 GMT

You can't cancel other user's job.

You can lpstat to get your job id
and then
cancel the job id

If you want to use -a option, you may set up sudo to do that