CUPS not logging job-related "Info" messages in RHEL 6 and 7

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Issue

  • The CUPS logging in error_log file seems to be very small. There is no interesting data in that log like before.
  • In RHEL 6 and RHEL 7, the CUPS error_log file contains only messages like the following:

    I [25/Nov/2018:05:01:04 -0300] Saving job.cache...
    I [26/Nov/2018:05:00:42 -0300] Saving job.cache...
    

    whereas in RHEL 5, the error_log contained messages for every print job, for example:

    I [27/Nov/2018:11:30:07 -0300] [Job 210316] Adding start banner page "none".
    I [27/Nov/2018:11:30:07 -0300] [Job 210316] Adding end banner page "none".
    I [27/Nov/2018:11:30:07 -0300] [Job 210316] File of type text/plain queued by "remroot".
    I [27/Nov/2018:11:30:07 -0300] [Job 210316] Queued on "printer" by "remroot".
    I [27/Nov/2018:11:30:07 -0300] [Job 210316] Started filter /etc/cups/interfaces/printer (PID 18030)
    I [27/Nov/2018:11:30:07 -0300] [Job 210316] Job completed.
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 and 7.5
  • Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.4.2 and 1.6.3

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