printcap: 'if' settings and printer descriptions lost

[Kenneth P. <sh...@we...>]

My Red Hat 6.1 printcap, maintained previously with printtool, has an
"if" parameter for each printer set as "if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter".
It looks like webmin considers this to be the "driver" in the printer
configuration page. However, it fails to read this value from an
existing printcap. I can set the value and save it and the correct
value is put in the file, but when I return to the config page, the
entryfield is once again blank and "Red Hat" is checked as the driver
type.

A similar problem occurs with the "description" field. I can enter a
description and it is saved as an alias for the printer (eg. "lp|My
printer"), but when I return to the config page, the description is
blank. In this case I suspect it's a parsing problem, as another
printer with no spaces in the description is correctly loaded into the
description entryfield.

Looks like the config page fails to load all fields from the printcap
file.

I'm including my current printcap inline for you to test with. Note
that the 3rd printer, lp3, has not been saved by webmin, and still
retains its printtool formatting.

#
# Please don't edit this file directly unless you know what you are doing!
# Be warned that the control-panel printtool requires a very strict format!
# Look at the printcap(5) man page for more info.
#
# This file can be edited with the printtool in the control-panel.


##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE
lp|Lexmark in Engineering lobby:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:sh:rm=lp:mx#0:rp=printer:if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:
##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE
lp2|HPLJ4V in Design:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp2:sh:rm=lp2:mx#0:rp=printer:if=/var/spool/lpd/lp2/filter:
##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE POSTSCRIPT 600x600 ledger {} PostScript Default {}
lp3|Optra45n_1:\
	:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp3:\
	:mx#0:\
	:sh:\
	:rm=lp3:\
	:rp=printer:\
	:if=/var/spool/lpd/lp3/filter:



Ken
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