Lexmark S600 cups-insecure-filter Help!

[lJ9%3MR>sa]

XUBUNTU 12.10
I have a problem with my Lexmark Interact S605. I installed it using the DEBs from lexmark.com, but I'm having the cups-insecure-filter problem. On my dad's laptop I didn't have this problem. I tried changing permissions of

/usr/local/lexmark/v3/bin/printfilter

In my printer settings I get the following error

Idle - Directory "/usr/local/lexmark/v3/bin" has insecure permissions (040775/uid=0/gid=2).

I have also tried changing permissions of the entire folder to no avail. I also deleted the printer from the Printers menu and from the "Lexmark Printer Utility" and reinstalled all the DEBs I downloaded. I can repeat the steps if necessary.

ls -l of the file /usr/local/lexmark/v3/bin/printerfilter

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 146921 Aug 16 02:35 /usr/local/lexmark/v3/bin/printfilter

ls -l of the directory /usr/local/lexmark/v3/bin/

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin  755469 Aug 16 02:35 lxhcp
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root bin  110411 Aug 16 02:35 lxusb
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 146921 Aug 16 02:35 printfilter

If my Xubuntu install being spread out on different drives causes a problem, here is my fstab.

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
# / was on /dev/sda3 during installation
UUID=a055f3cb-4794-4349-8340-cabd30eb4ded /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /home was on /dev/sdb6 during installation
UUID=ae978e2d-129c-40de-ac24-3e44c58060b8 /home           ext4    defaults        0       2
# /tmp was on /dev/sdc1 during installation
UUID=9409a960-05f5-410e-8d7a-1586becd675c /tmp            ext4    defaults        0       2
# /usr was on /dev/sdb5 during installation
UUID=9542e939-33b8-4f0d-84e5-aa06b2abe2ba /usr            ext4    defaults        0       2
# swap was on /dev/sdc5 during installation
UUID=f387c021-a3d7-4d94-ad3d-0d20e6e7ea55 none            swap    sw              0       0

My uname -a info

Linux nathan-xubuntu 3.5.0-18-generic #29-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 19 10:26:51 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[lJ9%3MR>sa]

Anyone else have this problem? I've got something confidential that I MUST print. Thank you

[lJ9%3MR>sa]

I'm sad since I have no help. No one else must have this problem.... Is it in the wrong category?

[lJ9%3MR>sa]

Since no one could help me, I finally figured it out.

Run this in terminal:

sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/lexmark/v3/bin

sudo chgrp root /usr/local/lexmark/v3/bin/printfilter

[sternchen]

Dude, I had about the same problem.
I just had to adjust the path to /usr/local/lexmark/lxk08/bin (/printdriver).
I still get an error but now the error about permissions is gone.
So THANKS a LOT for posting how you got your problem solved

regards,
sunnysnowflake

[sitro]

same problem for me for a Lexmark S305 on xubuntu 12.10.


I just change the permission on the file :
cd /usr/local/lexmark/v3/bin/
sudo chmod 755 printfilter

and it solves.

[wsscott]

I had the same problem on using Mint 13. Sitro's post solved it.

[jamesfromkent]

Me too, same issue with a Lexmark Pro 901. Thanks all!

[ebotts]

Any suggestions on whether to throw my Lexmark Platinum Pro905 from a rooftop, interstate bridge, or at a moving train?

I've had this problem off and on for the past four years. Any time I decide to switch Linux distros, the rotten printer throws a fit and says some file (not always the same one) has insecure permissions. Once in a while, it'll work (poorly), as it did on Debian 6, and it worked beautifully a few Ubuntu versions back. Right now I'm running Mint 15 MATE on one machine and Ubuntu Studio 13.04, and I get the same error on both: "File '/usr/local/lexmark/v3/bin/printfilter' has insecure permissions."

I've tried chown and chgrp on the file to several different users, including eric (my username), root, 700, and 750 on the Mint computer, but no luck. It was a pain trying to troubleshoot on the Ubuntu Studio computer, so I thought I'd figure it out on Mint and apply the solution to my other computer.

[Marius_van_Heerden]

Did What Sitro suggested and changed the permission on the file :

cd /usr/local/lexmark/v3/bin/
sudo chmod 755 printfilter

if it does nott solve it. Try to right click on your printer and take off shared. That worked for me.