Bug 50853 – CUPS shall use syslog

Bug 50853 - CUPS shall use syslog


Summary:	CUPS shall use syslog

Status:	NEW

Product:	UCS
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Printserver
Version:	UCS 4.4
Hardware:	Other Linux

Importance:	P5 normal (vote)
Target Milestone:	UCS 5.0-0-errata
Assigned To:	UCS maintainers
QA Contact:	UCS maintainers

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Reported:	2020-02-26 09:30 CET by Nico Gulden
Modified:	2021-04-28 10:17 CEST (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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What type of bug is this?:	4: Minor Usability: Impairs usability in secondary scenarios
Who will be affected by this bug?:	1: Will affect a very few installed domains
How will those affected feel about the bug?:	2: A Pain – users won’t like this once they notice it
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Description Nico Gulden

2020-02-26 09:30:39 CET

Currently CUPS uses it's default logfiles for logging. This results in CUPS Server restarts during log rotation.

Restarting the CUPS server results in loosing unfinished print jobs, when CUPS is used together with PaperCut. See https://www.papercut.com/kb/Main/LosingHeldJobsCUPS

Changing log rotation behavior would eliminate one cause of CUPS server restarts. To achieve this, CUPS could be configured to use syslog as log target with it's access and error log. See https://www.cups.org/doc/man-cups-files.conf.html