CUPS Information Gathering Tool
The cupsInfo script gathers CUPS-related information to help in troubleshooting CUPS issues. The following information is obtained in the script execution process:
- 1. Rights and permissions on each file installed by cups
- 2. Rights on specific directories.
- /etc/cups
- /var/log/cups/
- /dev/tty
- 3. Content of specific files.
- /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
- /etc/cups/client.conf
- /etc/cups/printers.conf
- 4. Miscellaneous commands.
- lstat –v
- lsof -i TCP:631
- lsusb
- rpm -qa | egrep ‘^cups|^foomatic|^ghostscript|^hplip’|sort –d
- tail -n 100 /var/log/cups/error_log
Installation Instructions
1. Download cupsInfo.tgz
2. Open a Terminal window and type “su”
3. Enter root’s password
4. Extract the script from the tarball
5. Make the script executable.
6. Run the cupsInfo.sh script
7. Default execution of this script will create a file in the current directory called cupsInfo.txt.
Comments
Hi,
Thanks for the great script it have been very helpful in troubleshooting CUPS issues.
Regards,
J.