Bug#750498: cups: server keeps timing out after 30secs idling with no way to change that

[Nemo Inis <nemoinis@hotmail.com>]

On 04/06/14 12:37 AM, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote:
> That's not entirely accurate: both the Debian NEWS file [0] and the 
> README.Debian [1] (but that one is installed in a bizarre place, 
> arguably) contain instructions on how to disable this behaviour, quoting 
> the first:
> 
>> - Automatic exit when idle
>>   When operated under systemd as init, the CUPS daemon will be
>>   launched when needed (through socket activation) and exit itself
>>   after being idle for some time (30 seconds by default). The delay
>>   before exiting on idle can be configured using 'IdleExitTimeout' in
>>   /etc/cups/cupsd.conf. CUPS can also  be left running continuously
>>   using 'SystemdIdleExit off' in that same file.
> 
> [0] /usr/share/doc/cups-daemon/NEWS.Debian.gz
> [1] /usr/share/doc/libcups2/README.Debian.gz

Indeed; I had checked 'man cupsd' and 'man cupsd.conf' but it never occured to me to check
README files for more configurations options.

Setting 'IdleExitTimeout 0' and 'SystemdIdleExit off' in /etc/cups/cupsds.conf did restore the
previous behaviour.
Thanks!