[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#534805: cups: permission problem with ppds.dat

Michael Schindler m-schindler at users.sourceforge.net
Wed Jun 23 16:07:38 UTC 2010


Package: cups
Version: 1.4.3-1
Severity: normal


I have the same problem and cannot print at all. Please upgrade the severity of
the bug, as it renders the package unusable.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages cups depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.112            add and remove users and groups
ii  bc                      1.06.95-2        The GNU bc arbitrary precision cal
ii  cups-client             1.4.3-1          Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  cups-common             1.4.3-1          Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]   1.5.32           Debian configuration management sy
ii  ghostscript             8.71~dfsg2-3     The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF
ii  libavahi-client3        0.6.25-3         Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3        0.6.25-3         Avahi common library
ii  libc6                   2.11.1-3         Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcups2                1.4.3-1          Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupscgi1             1.4.3-1          Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsdriver1          1.4.3-1          Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsimage2           1.4.3-1          Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsmime1            1.4.3-1          Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsppdc1            1.4.3-1          Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libdbus-1-3             1.2.24-1         simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgcc1                 1:4.4.4-5        GCC support library
ii  libgnutls26             2.8.6-1          the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libgssapi-krb5-2        1.8.1+dfsg-5     MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - k
ii  libijs-0.35             0.35-7           IJS raster image transport protoco
ii  libkrb5-3               1.8.1+dfsg-5     MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libldap-2.4-2           2.4.17-2.1       OpenLDAP libraries
ii  libpam0g                1.1.1-3          Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpaper1               1.1.24           library for handling paper charact
ii  libpoppler5             0.12.4-1         PDF rendering library
ii  libslp1                 1.2.1-7.7        OpenSLP libraries
ii  libstdc++6              4.4.4-5          The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libusb-0.1-4            2:0.1.12-15      userspace USB programming library
ii  lsb-base                3.2-23.1         Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  perl-modules            5.10.1-13        Core Perl modules
ii  poppler-utils           0.12.4-1         PDF utilitites (based on libpopple
ii  procps                  1:3.2.8-9        /proc file system utilities
ii  ssl-cert                1.0.25           simple debconf wrapper for OpenSSL
ii  ttf-freefont            20090104-7       Freefont Serif, Sans and Mono True
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages cups recommends:
ii  cups-driver-gutenprint    5.2.5-1        printer drivers for CUPS
ii  foomatic-filters          4.0-20090509-1 OpenPrinting printer support - fil
ii  ghostscript-cups          8.71~dfsg2-3   The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF

Versions of packages cups suggests:
ii  cups-bsd                1.4.3-1          Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  cups-pdf                2.5.0-15         PDF printer for CUPS
pn  cups-ppdc               <none>           (no description available)
ii  foomatic-db             20090616-1       OpenPrinting printer support - dat
ii  foomatic-db-engine      4.0-20090509-2.1 OpenPrinting printer support - pro
pn  hplip                   <none>           (no description available)
ii  smbclient               2:3.4.8~dfsg-1   command-line SMB/CIFS clients for 
ii  udev                    157-1            /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
pn  xpdf-korean | xpdf-japa <none>           (no description available)

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/cups/cupsd.conf changed:
LogLevel warn
MaxLogSize 0
SystemGroup lpadmin
Port 631
Listen /var/run/cups/cups.sock
Browsing On
BrowseOrder allow,deny
BrowseAllow all
BrowseRemoteProtocols CUPS
BrowseAddress @LOCAL
BrowseLocalProtocols CUPS dnssd
DefaultAuthType Basic
<Location />
  Order allow,deny
  Allow localhost
  Allow XX.XX.XX.XX/27
</Location>
<Location /admin>
  Order allow,deny
  Allow localhost
</Location>
<Location /admin/conf>
  AuthType Default
  Require user @SYSTEM
  Order allow,deny
  Allow localhost
</Location>
<Policy default>
  # Job-related operations must be done by the owner or an administrator...
  <Limit Send-Document Send-URI Hold-Job Release-Job Restart-Job Purge-Jobs Set-Job-Attributes Create-Job-Subscription Renew-Subscription Cancel-Subscription Get-Notifications Reprocess-Job Cancel-Current-Job Suspend-Current-Job Resume-Job CUPS-Move-Job CUPS-Get-Document>
    Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>
  # All administration operations require an administrator to authenticate...
  <Limit CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer CUPS-Delete-Printer CUPS-Add-Modify-Class CUPS-Delete-Class CUPS-Set-Default CUPS-Get-Devices>
    AuthType Default
    Require user @SYSTEM
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>
  # All printer operations require a printer operator to authenticate...
  <Limit Pause-Printer Resume-Printer Enable-Printer Disable-Printer Pause-Printer-After-Current-Job Hold-New-Jobs Release-Held-New-Jobs Deactivate-Printer Activate-Printer Restart-Printer Shutdown-Printer Startup-Printer Promote-Job Schedule-Job-After CUPS-Accept-Jobs CUPS-Reject-Jobs>
    AuthType Default
    Require user @SYSTEM
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>
  # Only the owner or an administrator can cancel or authenticate a job...
  <Limit Cancel-Job CUPS-Authenticate-Job>
    Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>
  <Limit All>
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>
</Policy>
<Policy authenticated>
  # Job-related operations must be done by the owner or an administrator...
  <Limit Create-Job Print-Job Print-URI>
    AuthType Default
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>
  <Limit Send-Document Send-URI Hold-Job Release-Job Restart-Job Purge-Jobs Set-Job-Attributes Create-Job-Subscription Renew-Subscription Cancel-Subscription Get-Notifications Reprocess-Job Cancel-Current-Job Suspend-Current-Job Resume-Job CUPS-Move-Job CUPS-Get-Document>
    AuthType Default
    Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>
  # All administration operations require an administrator to authenticate...
  <Limit CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer CUPS-Delete-Printer CUPS-Add-Modify-Class CUPS-Delete-Class CUPS-Set-Default>
    AuthType Default
    Require user @SYSTEM
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>
  # All printer operations require a printer operator to authenticate...
  <Limit Pause-Printer Resume-Printer Enable-Printer Disable-Printer Pause-Printer-After-Current-Job Hold-New-Jobs Release-Held-New-Jobs Deactivate-Printer Activate-Printer Restart-Printer Shutdown-Printer Startup-Printer Promote-Job Schedule-Job-After CUPS-Accept-Jobs CUPS-Reject-Jobs>
    AuthType Default
    Require user @SYSTEM
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>
  # Only the owner or an administrator can cancel or authenticate a job...
  <Limit Cancel-Job CUPS-Authenticate-Job>
    AuthType Default
    Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>
  <Limit All>
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>
</Policy>


-- debconf information:
  cupsys/raw-print: true
  cupsys/backend: ipp, lpd, parallel, scsi, serial, socket, usb, snmp, dnssd





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