CUPS log files flooding

[mark]

Margaret Doll wrote:
> The changes that I found on the cupsd.conf file included:
> 
> The configuration file that I had been using successfully included
> 
> #Port 80
> #Port 443
> Port 631
> 
Right. AFAIK, you need that.

> The new configuration file had the following entry for each printer
> 
> <Location /printers/gc-hp201>
> Order Deny,Allow
> Deny From All
> Allow From 127.0.0.1
> AuthType None
> Allow from Al
> </Location>l
> 
Probably should be one. I dunno if a port statement should be there. Also, was
there a typo, or is that actually Allow from Al (and, if so, who's Al? <g>,
rather than All.

	mark
> 
> 
> On Sep 12, 2008, at 1:27 PM, Margaret Doll wrote:
> 
>>
>> On Sep 12, 2008, at 1:22 PM, mark wrote:
>>
>>> Margaret Doll wrote:
>>>> I have a cron job that deletes the spool cups jobs every night.
>>>>
>>>> I made no changes in the system except to add a few users since the
>>>> updates and the time the problem began to occur.
>>>>
>>>> We are also running samba and named on the system.
>>>
>>> When up2date did the updating, did it update some configuration files?
>>>
>>>     mark
>>
>> I  think you hit on the problem.  I changed back to the
>> cupsd.conf.save.  access_log is
>> still getting the
>>
>>>>>>> localhost - - [05/Sep/2008:14:20:18 -0400] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 192
>>>>>>> localhost - - [05/Sep/2008:14:20:18 -0400] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 192
>>
>> messages.  However, /var switched from 71% full to 51% full.
>>
>> I will now look and see what changed in cupsd.conf.  I will get back
>> to you.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sep 12, 2008, at 1:06 PM, mark wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Margaret Doll wrote:
>>>>>> I did my last update today using up2date.   The update that  I did on
>>>>>> August 28th included the updates that changed this system.  I do have
>>>>>> ten other RedHat system at various versions;  I don't see the
>>>>>> problem on
>>>>>> the other systems.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The errors in the /var/log/cups/access_log  have always been
>>>>>>
>>>>>> localhost - - [05/Sep/2008:14:20:18 -0400] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 192
>>>>>> localhost - - [05/Sep/2008:14:20:18 -0400] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 192
>>>>>>
>>>>>> However, after the last upgrade this access_log is large very quickly
>>>>>> and fills up the
>>>>>> /var partition.  I have turned off the LogLevel on
>>>>>> cups to none, so access_log has stopped growing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is also something else going on as well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /var is still filling up.  I know that the log and named
>>>>>> directories in
>>>>>> /var contain the files that are growing.
>>>>>
>>>>> <snip>
>>>>> Could it be that the spool files are not being deleted?
>>>>>
>>>>>   mark
>>>>>
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