giving users permission to restart printer queue

[Doug Reeder (aka Skapti)]

How can I give users permission to restart the printer queue, under
Red Hat 6.1? Setting the SUID bit on /etc/rc.d/init.d/lpd doesn't do
it, regular users just get the same error message as before:

[reeder@yodel linux-notes]$ /etc/rc.d/init.d/lpd restart
Shutting down lpd: kill: (5492) - Not owner
kill: (5492) - Not owner
[FAILED]
Starting lpd:
touch: /var/lock/subsys/lpd: Permission denied

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[Michael Lee Yohe]

> How can I give users permission to restart the printer queue, under
> Red Hat 6.1? Setting the SUID bit on /etc/rc.d/init.d/lpd doesn't do
> it, regular users just get the same error message as before:

Have you tried looking at SUDO? sudo will allow you to specify a list
of users/groups that are allowed to execute a certain command (or all
commands) with root access. And, it's logged so you can see if someone
is abusing their privileges.

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[Jason R. McVetta]

In article <a1d4qh$dn$1...@news.cis.ohio-state.edu>,

ree...@cis.ohio-state.edu (Doug Reeder (aka Skapti)) writes:
>
> How can I give users permission to restart the printer queue, under
> Red Hat 6.1? Setting the SUID bit on /etc/rc.d/init.d/lpd doesn't do
> it, regular users just get the same error message as before:

The place to start is lpc(8). Not too terribly familiar with the
configurability (if at all), so you may need to give users permission to sudo
lpc (in /etc/sudoers).