getuserattr lpd : A file or directory in the path name does not exist. 2

[tcraig]

I am getting the error "getuserattr lpd : A file or directory in the path name does not exist.", when using the lpstat command and when attempting to print. Can someone please give me a clue as to what might be generating this error.

 

[ElgisRamon]

I think you have problems with your [tt]lpd[/tt] user. Can you check it?
I hope it works...
Unix was made by and for smart people.

 

[PSD]

Craig,

It sounds to me like an invalid UID/GID for the lpd user, as root run the following command:

su - lpd

If this fails then check the user definition in /etc/passwd, if you have another AIX box compare and ensure that they are the same.

Hope that helps.



PSD
IBM Certified Specialist - AIX V4.3 Systems Support
IBM Certified Specialist - AIX V4 HACMP

 

[Skeater]

Thank you very much for the posts, the lpd user had been deleted by someone.

I work with tcraig, and she is off this week, but I'm sure she thanks you as well.

 

[ElgisRamon]

My main RS gives:
[tt]
#/> lsuser lpd
lpd id=9 pgrp=nobody groups=nobody home=/ login=true su=true rlogin=true daemon=
true admin=true sugroups=ALL admgroups= tpath=nosak ttys=ALL expires=0101000070
auth1=SYSTEM auth2=NONE umask=22 SYSTEM=compat logintimes= loginretries=0 pwdwar
ntime=0 account_locked=true minage=0 maxage=0 maxexpired=-1 minalpha=0 minother=
0 mindiff=0 maxrepeats=8 minlen=6 histexpire=0 histsize=0 pwdchecks= dictionlist
= fsize=2097151 cpu=-1 data=262144 stack=65536 core=2097151 rss=65536 nofiles=20
00 roles=
#
[/tt]
I think you must to create the same user
I hope it works...
Unix was made by and for smart people.

 

[Skeater]

I recreated the lpd user this morning, following the set ups from one of our other systems.

We're all set now!

Thank you very much for your help!