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Robert Plamondon writes:
>>In case you haven't come across this one, beware.  Interleaf's
>>WPS product (under Unix) uses a directory in the user's desktop
>>for scratch files used in printing files.  The problem is it
>>doesn't delete the files after printing (or ever!).  The
>>user's ~/desktop/.deskprint directory just keeps filling up
>>with junk.  Since the directory begins with a dot, the user
>>doesn't always even know it exists!

>I've seen a similar problem when a user's umask was set to prevent
>other users from reading files in his desktop directory. This kept
>WPS (or OPS, or TPS, or whatever flavor you use) from being able to
>create or write to the .deskprint directory.  Your problem will
>probably go away if you try "chmod a+rwx ~/desktop/.deskprint."

Thanks for answering this problem. Here is some more information.
(By the way, "chmod a+wx ..." should do the job, and provide a bit 
more security for those who want it.)

To print files, Interleaf uses "/usr/ucb/lpr -r -s ...". This reduces
the chance that you will run out of disk space with a huge print
file. Unless you patch your kernel, your local lpd, no matter what 
permissions it seems to have, does not have any extra permissions 
for NFS files which reside on a different machine. (This is a Sun
security feature. Interleaf Customer Support should be able to tell
you how to get this patch, which is normally installed in systems
we sell.) This may include your desktop/.deskprint if it does not 
have liberal permissions as described above.

The files can also be cleaned up if you run the Interleaf cleanup
script. (Check the documentation: it also cleans up other things
like backup files.)

> ...it would nice if they [Interleaf] printed a warning message.

Good idea. We will do it.

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