Re: rc.local lpadmin

[Ed Greshko]

On 9/10/18 9:07 AM, Louis Garcia wrote:
>  I would like to add a printer at system startup if one is not
> present.
>
>  I created /etc/rc.d/rc.local and made the file executable
>
>  if [ ! -f "/etc/cups/ppd/Officejet-6700.ppd" ]; then
>    /sbin/lpadmin -p Officejet-6700 -o printer-is-shared=false -L "Office" -E -v
>  hp:/net/Officejet_6700?ip=172.16.0.2 -m lsb/usr/HP/hp-officejet_6700.ppd.gz -d
>  Officejet-6700
>    touch /root/createdprinter.txt
>  else
>    touch /root/printerexists.txt
>  fi
>
>  After boot I get the file /root/createdprinter.txt but no printer was created. if
>  the printer exists before I reboot I get /root/printerexists.txt so I know the
>  startup script runs properly. I run the exact lpadmin command as the script in root
>  terminal and works fine.
>
>  Why does that command not want to work in a startup script?  Is the boot
>  environment different?
>  
You may get more information if you add " &> somefile" to see if the
lpadmin command
is generating an error.

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