CUPS: Add root to system-groups to make GNOME's print functionality work correctly?
Hi,
there is a long-standing bug report in Ubuntu:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/934291
It is about that one cannot stop or delete print jobs from the
"Printers" section of GNOME Control Center.
The trivial-looking fix is to add root to the system groups (see comment
#17), via a ./configure option (from patch of comment #24):
--- cups-2.2.1/debian/rules 2016-10-13 14:49:40.000000000 +0000
+++ cups-2.2.1/debian/rules 2016-11-23 16:12:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
--enable-avahi \
--disable-launchd \
--with-cups-group=lp \
- --with-system-groups=lpadmin \
+ --with-system-groups="lpadmin root" \
--with-printcap=/var/run/cups/printcap \
--with-log-file-perm=0640 \
--with-local_protocols='dnssd' \
Is there any reason not having root in system-groups? Does Debian solve
this problem another way?
Till
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