# PyKota # # PyKota - Print Quotas for CUPS and LPRng # # (c) 2003 Jerome Alet # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. # # $Id$ # # $Log$ # Revision 1.3 2003/05/06 14:55:47 jalet # Missing import ! # # Revision 1.2 2003/04/30 13:36:40 jalet # Stupid accounting method was added. # # Revision 1.1 2003/04/29 18:37:54 jalet # Pluggable accounting methods (actually doesn't support external scripts) # # # import sys import time from pykota.accounter import AccounterBase, PyKotaAccounterError from pykota.requester import openRequester, PyKotaRequesterError MAXTRIES = 6 # maximum number of tries to get the printer's internal page counter TIMETOSLEEP = 10 # number of seconds to sleep between two tries to get the printer's internal page counter class Accounter(AccounterBase) : def doAccounting(self, printerid, userid) : """Does print accounting and returns if the job status is ALLOW or DENY.""" # Get the page counter directly from the printer itself # Tries MAXTRIES times, sleeping two seconds each time, in case the printer is sleeping. # This was seen with my Apple LaserWriter 16/600 PS which doesn't answer before having warmed up. global MAXTRIES, TIMETOSLEEP requester = openRequester(self.filter.config, self.filter.printername) for i in range(MAXTRIES) : try : counterbeforejob = requester.getPrinterPageCounter(self.filter.printerhostname) except PyKotaRequesterError, msg : # can't get actual page counter, assume printer is off or warming up # log the message anyway. self.filter.logger.log_message("%s" % msg, "warn") counterbeforejob = None printerIsOff = 1 else : # printer answered, it is on so we can exit the loop printerIsOff = 0 break time.sleep(TIMETOSLEEP) # get last job information for this printer pgc = self.filter.storage.getPrinterPageCounter(printerid) if pgc is None : # The printer hasn't been used yet, from PyKota's point of view lasthistoryid = None lastjobid = self.filter.jobid lastuserid = userid lastusername = self.filter.username lastpagecounter = counterbeforejob else : # get last values from Quota Storage (lasthistoryid, lastjobid, lastuserid, lastusername, lastpagecounter) = (pgc["id"], pgc["jobid"], pgc["userid"], pgc["username"], pgc["pagecounter"]) # if printer is off then we assume the correct counter value is the last one if printerIsOff : counterbeforejob = lastpagecounter # if the internal lifetime page counter for this printer is 0 # then this may be a printer with a volatile counter (never # saved to NVRAM) which has just been switched off and then on # so we use the last page counter from the Quota Storage instead # explanation at : http://web.mit.edu/source/third/lprng/doc/LPRng-HOWTO-15.html if counterbeforejob == 0 : counterbeforejob = lastpagecounter # Computes the last job size as the difference between internal page # counter in the printer and last page counter taken from the Quota # Storage database for this particular printer try : jobsize = (counterbeforejob - lastpagecounter) except TypeError : # never used, and internal page counter not accessible jobsize = 0 if jobsize < 0 : # Probably an HP printer which was switched off and back on, # its primary counter is only saved in a 10 increment, so # it may be lower than the last page counter saved in the # Quota Storage. # We unconditionnally set the last job's size to # abs(int((10 - abs(lastcounter(snmp) - lastcounter(storage)) / 2)) # For more accurate accounting, don't switch off your HP printers ! # explanation at : http://web.mit.edu/source/third/lprng/doc/LPRng-HOWTO-15.html self.filter.logger.log_message(_("Error in page count value %i for user %s on printer %s") % (jobsize, lastusername, self.filter.printername), "error") jobsize = abs(int((10 - abs(jobsize)) / 2)) # Workaround for HP printers' feature ! # update the quota for the previous user on this printer self.filter.storage.updateUserPQuota(lastuserid, printerid, jobsize) # update the last job size in the history self.filter.storage.updateJobSizeInHistory(lasthistoryid, jobsize) # warns the last user if he is over quota self.filter.warnUserPQuota(lastusername, self.filter.printername) # Is the current user allowed to print at all ? action = self.filter.warnUserPQuota(self.filter.username, self.filter.printername) # adds the current job to history self.filter.storage.addJobToHistory(self.filter.jobid, self.filter.storage.getUserId(self.filter.username), printerid, counterbeforejob, action) return action