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CUPS Information Gathering Tool
The cupsInfo script gathers CUPS-related information to help in troubleshooting CUPS issues. The following information is obtained in the script execution process:
- 1. Rights and permissions on each file installed by cups
- 2. Rights on specific directories.
- /etc/cups
- /var/log/cups/
- /dev/tty
- 3. Content of specific files.
- /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
- /etc/cups/client.conf
- /etc/cups/printers.conf
- 4. Miscellaneous commands.
- lstat –v
- lsof -i TCP:631
- lsusb
- rpm -qa | egrep '^cups|^foomatic|^ghostscript|^hplip'|sort –d
- tail -n 100 /var/log/cups/error_log
Installation Instructions
1. Download cupsInfo.tgz
2. Open a Terminal window and type “su”
3. Enter root’s password
4. Extract the script from the tarball
5. Make the script executable.
6. Run the cupsInfo.sh script
7. Default execution of this script will create a file in the current directory called cupsInfo.txt.
| Fichier attaché | Taille |
|---|---|
| cupsInfo.tgz | 2.03 KB |
Disclaimer: As with everything else at Cool Solutions, this content is definitely not supported by Novell (so don't even think of calling Support if you try something and it blows up).
It was contributed by a community member and is published "as is." It seems to have worked for at least one person, and might work for you. But please be sure to test, test, test before you do anything drastic with it.
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User Comments
Thanks
Submitted by jmeldrum76 on 28 March 2012 - 11:10am.
Hi,
Thanks for the great script it have been very helpful in troubleshooting CUPS issues.
Regards,
J.
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