Chapter 12. Configuring CUPS to store logs in files instead of the systemd journal

Procedure

1. Edit the /etc/cups/cups-files.conf file, and set the AccessLog, ErrorLog, and PageLog parameters to the paths where you want to store these log files:

   AccessLog /var/log/cups/access_log
   ErrorLog /var/log/cups/error_log
   PageLog /var/log/cups/page_log

2. If you configure CUPS to store the logs in a directory other than /var/log/cups/, set the cupsd_log_t SELinux context on this directory, for example:

   # semanage fcontext -a -t cupsd_log_t "/var/log/printing(/.*)?"
   # restorecon -Rv /var/log/printing/

3. Restart the cups service:

   # systemctl restart cups

Verification

1. Display the log files:

   # cat /var/log/cups/access_log
   # cat /var/log/cups/error_log
   # cat /var/log/cups/page_log

2. If you configured CUPS to store the logs in a directory other than /var/log/cups/, verify that the SELinux context on the log directory is cupsd_log_t:

   # ls -ldZ /var/log/printing/

   drwxr-xr-x. 2 lp sys unconfined_u:object_r:cupsd_log_t:s0 6 Jun 20 15:55 /var/log/printing/