06-25-2009
what privilege to assign for user to cancel or disable print queue?
OS Version: Sun Solaris version 9
Other than root, we need operation to manage printer queue by using following command:
lprm -P
cancel
enable/disable
What privilege should be given?
Pls advise.
Thank you.
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