Sco Openserver printer permissions problem ( SOLVED! )

[Mike Schwartz]

> Prc. Name: GLTVHOx
> 
>            If:  'Send a PCL form to the ImageRight temporary storage
subdirectory
> 
> 115  Then:  PRINTER FILE DF
> 
> Enter Command > sh: DF,: cannot create

    Thanks to Mark Fairlight. who helped me debug this using the SCO truss
command!  We have an answer.

    dclerk was being called with the command:

dclerk STATES -pq

      which allowed a user to select a printer:  

ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
³Select output destination³
ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´
³                         ³
³    1 - Printer          ³
³    2 - File             ³
³    3 - Display          ³
³    4 - Local printer    ³
³                         ³
³    X - Exit             ³
³                         ³
ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´
³   Enter Selection > 1   ³
ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ

       Apparently executing the "PRINTER FILE  (whatever)" command choked
whenever the "-pq" option was being used.  On an ordinary "dclerk STATES"
line (without a -pq on it), worked fine.

       I tested several of the "select output destination" options, but no
matter which one I chose, the "PRINTER FILE" command aborted the processing
with a core dump.

       Remember this happened on an older 5.0.13 version of filePro and on a
SCO Openserver 5.0.7 system, so on newer filePro systems or non-OpenServer
systems, this might not be a problem.

Thanks mark!

Mike Schwartz