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cupsys package

  1. Bug #40795
  2. Comment #9

Comment 9 for bug 40795

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Daniel Robitaille (robitaille) wrote : Re: cannot write /var/cache/cups/ppds.dat

I have the exact same problem and same error with Dapper Flight 7 when trying to add a Lexmark z53 from a LiveCD session:

E [07/May/2006:09:00:10 +0000] [cups-driverd] Unable to write "/var/cache/cups/ppds.dat" - Permission denied
E [07/May/2006:09:00:23 +0000] CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer: Unauthorized