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Article #1594Re: 3.0gold problem? - root can't select printer in PrintPanel
From: Mike Bray
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 23:52
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 23:52
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In article <1992Sep25.060109.4213@wuecl.wustl.edu> mrb@earth.wustl.edu (Mike Bray) writes: >I'm running 3.0gold on a turbo color. User oracle can select "print..." >from any menu and select a printer from the PrinterPanel, but user >root and a few others only see the message "(no printer selected)" >and clicking "[print]" gives the alert "you must select a printer". >The "notes" field updates as I click on available printers, however. >Is this some sort of permission problem or what? > >Thanks, >Mike Bray mrb@earth.wustl.edu > The "root" login did not have a "HOME" directory configured in userManager. Fixing this made lots of things work better, including WriteNow. PrintPanel and WriteNow both use the defaults database in /.NeXT, and don't bother to print error messages when they can't open the defaults database.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!eclnews!earth!mrb From: mrb@earth.wustl.edu (Mike Bray) Subject: Re: 3.0gold problem? - root can't select printer in PrintPanel Message-ID: <1992Sep28.235251.28806@wuecl.wustl.edu> Sender: usenet@wuecl.wustl.edu (Usenet Administrator) Nntp-Posting-Host: earth Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO References: <1992Sep25.060109.4213@wuecl.wustl.edu> Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 23:52:51 GMT Lines: 17