f9 cups: can't delete printer - URI file://dev/null

[stan]

sean darcy wrote:
> For some reason a number of my printers have Device URI: file://dev/null.
> 
> I can't delete them. I tried System-> Admin -> Printing. I also tried 
> from the CUPS interface :631.
> 
> I looked around for the cups config file that has these printers, but 
> couldn't find them.
> 
> And, of course, they have similar names to the regular printers ( in 
> fact, the best names ) since the new queues were set up later. This 
> generates lots of calls wanting to know why the printer doesn't work.
> 
> sean
> 
I can't answer your question other than vague suppositions about roles and authority and permissions.
But the first thing that came to my mind while reading your post was:
Has your system been cracked?  This sounds like something a script kiddie would do for a joke.

Or are you unpopular with any of your fellow admins? ;-)