gspool_putspu

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

NAME

gspool_putspu - set default permissions for a user

SYNOPSIS

#include <gspool.h>

int gspool_putspu(const int fd, const char *user, struct apispdet *newp)

DESCRIPTION

The gspool_putspu() function is used to set privileges for a user.

fd is a file descriptor previously returned by gspool_open

user is a pointer to the user name, for which the details are being updated.

newp is a pointer to a structure containing the new user privileges.

The "struct apispdet" is defined int the file gspool.h.

RETURN VALUES

The function gspool_putspu() returns 0 if successful otherwise one of the following:

GSPOOL_INVALID_FD: Invalid File descriptor
GSPOOL_BADWRITE: failure writing to the network
GSPOOL_BADREAD: failure reading from the network
GSPOOL_UNKNOWN_USER: Invalid user name
GSPOOL_NOPERM: The user does not have permission
GSPOOL_ZERO_CLASS: 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 a user permission to add and delete printers

 int fd, ret;
 struct apispdet new_privs;

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

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

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

 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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