Permission Denied while printer file "/tmp/filename.txt"

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting fp (Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:06:25 -0700):

> Running Linux RH filePro 5.6.06D4, I am getting a permission
> denied error.
>
> I am using: printer file "/tmp/outputfile.txt"    command
> /tmp is set to 777 and owned by root:root.
>
> If I create the file /tmp/outputfile.txt and set it to anything
> other than 777, I still get the same error.  Setting the file
> to 777 then gives me the error:  sh  cannot execute binary
>
> Why is filePro trying to execute a file that it should be
> printing to?
>
> This is one of filePro most basic functions, ability to print to
> a file and yet, I cannot get it to work ... Oh, did I mention that
> it was working as of two hours ago?  That's right, no changes, it
> simply started to give me this error.

Did someone, perchance, change the default printer in pmaint (or in
the environment) to have a destination of "/tmp/outputfile.txt"?

What is the complete, exact, error message?

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