On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 11:59 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > Michael Cronenworth wrote: > > Craig White wrote: > >> I suspect that you are using a 'client driver' to print via the 'raw' > >> printer on cups and the upgrade ended up changing /etc/cups/mime.types > >> and /etc/cups/mime.convs > >> > >> check out... > >> http://samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/CUPS-printing.html#id2631669 > >> > >> > >> for information on how to print using client driver and enable 'raw' > >> printing support on your cups shared printer > >> > > > > Craig, if you looked at your own files you'd notice that Fedora no > > longer ships the config files that way. > > > FWIW, I have a recently installed F10 and it contains....untouched by me. > > /etc/cups/mime.convs > > [egreshko@f10 cups]$ grep raw mime.convs > # without the -oraw option. > #application/octet-stream application/vnd.cups-raw 0 - > > and > > /etc/cups/mime.types > > [egreshko@f10 cups]$ grep octet-stream mime.types > application/octet-stream > > So, one is line is commented and one is uncommented... The link > provided indicates both need to be uncommented but only in so far as to > achieve the desired results. My interpretation of the link doesn't > lead me to conclude *how* the files are shipped or even if the author is > intending to imply how the files are shipped. > > Either way, it doesn't really matter does it? I mean the goal here is > to get things to work the way Brian needs/expects. ---- it does seem odd that at some point and I can't tell if it was in Fedora 8 or Fedora 9, that they changed /etc/cups/mime.types and uncommented out the application/octet-stream line. It is fairly clear that the cups authors (now Apple) are aware of the security implications of just allowing raw data to pass through unchecked and of course a distro like Fedora can implement default configuration files however they see fit. The point was of course to help the OP figure out why he couldn't print and it seemed likely that I had long ago 'uncommented' the raw printing protection in my mime.convs and mime.types and some update at some point simply over wrote the mime.convs file and never bothered leaving a mime.convs.rpmnew file and I suspect that is what happened to the OP and why it worked previously in Fedora-9 but not now in Fedora-10. The samba link I provided gives a complete explanation including the alterations necessary to enable raw printing. Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
