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Topic: Printing pb because of amsn-tcltk-0.95-ver3.dsl

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Selim

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Posted: Nov. 10 2006,18:47

When i install amsn-tcltk-0.95-ver3.dsl, write access for Other is disabled on /ramdisk/tmp Because of this i can't print then.

Any ideas why? workarounds?

mikshaw

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Posted: Nov. 13 2006,14:27

It could easily have been broken by an incorrectly built myDSL extension.

sudo chmod 777 /ramdisk/tmp

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Selim

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Posted: Nov. 13 2006,18:31

Thanks mikshaw for your answer.

What I'd like to know is:
- Is it possible to fix this extension and how?
- Why write access for Other on /ramdisk/tmp is needed for printing?

Btw, if clivesay read this topic, the printerhowto.pdf should be updated: it isn't necessary to modify filetool.lst for those using the backup/restore feature. When one use the Printer Setup of the control panel and then reboot a pop-up asks you if you want to save the printer settings.

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Posted: Nov. 13 2006,21:09

It's possible to fix, but first you need to know which extension is causing the trouble. If an extension includes the /tmp directory (it shouldn't), and that directory is mode 755 or 775 (typical directory permissions), the directory will overwrite the system /tmp directory and break permissions. System temp directories should be 777 so any user can write to it.

If your extension is *.dsl or *.tar.gz you can see what files are in it by using the command "tar -tzf filename".
It may have "tmp/mydsl.menu/something", but it should NOT have just "tmp".

I don't know for sure why printing needs a temp file, but it might be creating a postscript file from the source file before printing. In any case, your tmp directory needs fixing if any user has trouble writing to it.

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Selim

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Posted: Nov. 16 2006,23:10

OK, i fixed it:

- First, i grabbed last version of amsn-tcltk-0.95 (amsn-tcltk-0.95-ver4.dsl) there:
http://xoomer.alice.it/jls/

- Then, i extracted the files from it:
tar -zxvf amsn-tcltk-0.95-ver4.dsl

- Write access for Other on /tmp was set

- Finally, i compressed the files:
tar -czvf amsn-tcltk-0.95-ver4-fixed.dsl --numeric-owner *

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