gspool_putspd

Section: GNUspool Print Manager (3) Updated: 2009-05-30 Local index Up

NAME

gspool_putspd - set new defaults for Xi Text

SYNOPSIS

#include <gspool.h>

int gspool_putspu(const int fd, struct apispdr *ret)

DESCRIPTION

The gspool_putspd() function is used to set the default user privileges on the local host.

Its parameters are as follows:

fd is a file descriptor previously returned by gspool_open

res points to a structure which contains the privileges. The "struct apisphdr" is defined in the file gspool.h.

RETURN VALUES

GSPOOL_UNKNOWN_USER: Invalid user name
GSPOOL_INVALID_FD: Invalid File descriptor
GSPOOL_BADWRITE: failure writing to the network
GSPOOL_BADREAD: failure reading from the network
GSPOOL_NOPERM: The user does not have permission
GSPOOL_ZERO_CLASS: A class code of zero is illegal
GSPOOL_BAD_PRIORITY: One of the priority fields contains zero
GSPOOL_BAD_COPIES: The copies field contains zero
GSPOOL_BAD_FORM: The form type filed has been left empty

EXAMPLE

An example to give all users the permission to add and delete printers:

 int fd, ret;
 struct apisphdr new_privs;

 fd = gspool_open("myhost", (char *)0, 0);
 if (fd < 0) {  /* error handling */
     ...
 }

 /* get the current permissions */

 ret = gspool_getspd(fd, &new_privs);
 if (ret < 0) { /* error handling */
     ...
 }

 if (!(new_privs.sph_flgs & PV_ADDDEL))
     new_privs.sph_flgs |= PV_ADDDEL;

 ret = gspool_putspd(fd, &new_privs);
 if (ret < 0) { /* error handling */
     ...
 }
 gspool_close(fd);

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

AUTHOR

John M Collins, Xi Software Ltd.

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