printing via CUPS from NIS client with no shell

[Goffioul Michael]

> Hi everybody,
> 
> I try to print from client  workstations (with NIS identification and 
> cupsys-client  1.1.14-5 on KDE3.1.4/DebianWoody) via a CUPS 
> server (running 
> cupsys 1.1.14-5 on Debian (Woody), this server is also the NIS server)
> In order to improve security, regular user do not have a 
> shell on the server 
> (=>"/bin/false" in /etc/passwd) but then only users with a shell (eg 
> /bin/bash in /etc/passwd) can achieve the printing process 
> without problem; 
> for those with no shell, the following error message appears:
> 
> "cupsdoprint -P 'printer' -J '' -H 'server.domain.net:631' -U 
> 'user' -o ' 
> copies=1 orientation-requested=3' '/tmp/kde-test/konquerorNaI0Eb.ps'
> execution stopped with the message"
> 
> the most desperating is that /var/log/cups/error_log doesn't 
> read anything 
> either on the server nor clients

I guess you already turned LogLevel to debug2 on both computers
in CUPS configuration files.
Is "server.domain.net" the client or the server? Do you get anything
when running "cupsdoprint" manually as in the error message?

Michael.