I have deleted /dev/printer

[ORCIBAL_1]

Hello,

I have deleted /dev/printer
srwxrwxrwx 1 root system 0 Aug 1 2005 printer

I test chmod 1777, but it's not good.

How can i recreate it ?

[Ivan Ferreira]

This is a socket file. Some service should create the file. You should restart that service. I don't have that file on my system, so I cannot tell you what service is. Try running fuser to that file in another of your systems to identify the process that uses it, maybe lpd (a device for a network printer).

[ORCIBAL_1]

I restart lpd service, but it's not better.

[Ivan Ferreira]

That is extrange, for example, on my system:

ls -la /dev/printer
ls: /dev/printer not found

Then I start the lpd service:

/sbin/init.d/lpd start
Printer service started

ls -la /dev/printer
srwxrwxrwx 1 root system 0 Mar 13 10:33 /dev/printer

The file is created
Then I stop the lpd service

/sbin/init.d/lpd stop

ls -la /dev/printer
ls: /dev/printer not found

And the file goes away.

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

Hi,

Ivan is talking about restarting the line printer daemon and not a spool queue.

greetings,

Michael

[ORCIBAL_1]

Thanks for all.

I have found the problem.
I have deleted link /usr/spool/lpd.