Thankyou all for your suggestions, I added one then added two fi without success first file is my rc.cups and second is the output of running rc.M in su mode piped to a file
#####################rc.cups##################################
#!/bin/sh
#
# "$Id: cups.sh.in,v 1.22 2002/12/17 18:56:27 swdev Exp $"
#
# Startup/shutdown script for the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS).
#
# Copyright 1997-2003 by Easy Software Products, all rights reserved.
#
# These coded instructions, statements, and computer programs are the
# property of Easy Software Products and are protected by Federal
# copyright law. Distribution and use rights are outlined in the file
# "LICENSE.txt" which should have been included with this file. If this
# file is missing or damaged please contact Easy Software Products
# at:
#
# Attn: CUPS Licensing Information
# Easy Software Products
# 44141 Airport View Drive, Suite 204
# Hollywood, Maryland 20636-3111 USA
#
# Voice: (301) 373-9603
# EMail:
cups-info@cups.org
# WWW:
http://www.cups.org
#
#### OS-Dependent Information
#
# Linux chkconfig stuff:
#
# chkconfig: 235 99 00
# description: Startup/shutdown script for the Common UNIX \
# Printing System (CUPS).
#
#
# NetBSD 1.5+ rcorder script lines. The format of the following two
# lines is very strict -- please don't add additional spaces!
#
# PROVIDE: cups
# REQUIRE: DAEMON
#
#### OS-Dependent Configuration
case "`uname`" in
IRIX*)
IS_ON=/sbin/chkconfig
if $IS_ON verbose; then
ECHO=echo
else
ECHO=:
fi
ECHO_OK=:
ECHO_ERROR=:
;;
*BSD*)
IS_ON=:
ECHO=echo
ECHO_OK=:
ECHO_ERROR=:
;;
Darwin*)
. /etc/rc.common
if test "${CUPS:=-YES-}" = "-NO-"; then
exit 0
fi
IS_ON=:
ECHO=ConsoleMessage
ECHO_OK=:
ECHO_ERROR=:
;;
Linux*)
IS_ON=/bin/true
if test -f /etc/init.d/functions; then
. /etc/init.d/functions
ECHO=echo
ECHO_OK="echo_success"
ECHO_ERROR="echo_failure"
else
ECHO=echo
ECHO_OK=:
ECHO_ERROR=:
fi
;;
*)
IS_ON=/bin/true
ECHO=echo
ECHO_OK=:
ECHO_ERROR=:
;;
esac
#### OS-Independent Stuff
#
# Set the timezone, if possible... This allows the
# scheduler and all child processes to know the local
# timezone when reporting dates and times to the user.
# If no timezone information is found, then Greenwich
# Mean Time (GMT) will probably be used.
#
for file in /etc/TIMEZONE /etc/rc.config /etc/sysconfig/clock; do
if test -f $file; then
. $file
fi
done
if test "x$ZONE" != x; then
TZ="$ZONE"
fi
if test "x$TIMEZONE" != x; then
TZ="$TIMEZONE"
fi
if test "x$TZ" != x; then
export TZ
fi
#
# See if the CUPS server (cupsd) is running...
#
case "`uname`" in
HP-UX* | AIX* | SINIX*)
pid=`ps -e | awk '{if (match($4, ".*/cupsd$") || $4 == "cupsd") print $1}'`
;;
IRIX* | SunOS*)
pid=`ps -e | nawk '{if (match($4, ".*/cupsd$") || $4 == "cupsd") print $1}'`
;;
UnixWare*)
pid=`ps -e | awk '{if (match($6, ".*/cupsd$") || $6 == "cupsd") print $1}'`
. /etc/TIMEZONE
;;
OSF1*)
pid=`ps -e | awk '{if (match($5, ".*/cupsd$") || $5 == "cupsd") print $1}'`
;;
Linux* | *BSD* | Darwin*)
pid=`ps ax | awk '{if (match($5, ".*/cupsd$") || $5 == "cupsd") print $1}'`
;;
*)
pid=""
;;
esac
#
# Start or stop the CUPS server based upon the first argument to the script.
#
case $1 in
start | restart | reload)
if $IS_ON cups; then
if test "$pid" != ""; then
kill -HUP $pid
else
prefix=/
exec_prefix=/usr
${exec_prefix}/sbin/cupsd
if test $? != 0; then
$ECHO_FAIL
$ECHO "cups: unable to $1 scheduler."
exit 1
fi
fi
$ECHO_OK
$ECHO "cups: ${1}ed scheduler."
fi
;;
stop)
if test "$pid" != ""; then
kill $pid
$ECHO_OK
$ECHO "cups: stopped scheduler."
fi
;;
status)
if test "$pid" != ""; then
echo "cups: scheduler is running."
else
echo "cups: scheduler is not running."
fi
;;
*)
echo "Usage: cups {reload|restart|start|status|stop}"
exit 1
;;
esac
#
# Exit with no errors.
#
exit 0
#
# End of "$Id: cups.sh.in,v 1.22 2002/12/17 18:56:27 swdev Exp $".
#
##################################end of cups##############
######################output of rc.M in su mode######################
Going multiuser...
Starting sysklogd daemons: /usr/sbin/syslogd /usr/sbin/klogd -c 3 -x
Activating IPv4 packet forwarding.
Starting Internet super-server daemon: /usr/sbin/inetd
Updating shared library links: /sbin/ldconfig
Updating X font indexes: /usr/X11R6/bin/fc-cache
line 78
/dev/hda:
setting 32-bit IO_support flag to 0
setting unmaskirq to 1 (on)
setting using_dma to 1 (on)
setting xfermode to 66 (UltraDMA mode2)
IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit)
unmaskirq = 1 (on)
using_dma = 1 (on)
/dev/hdc:
setting 32-bit IO_support flag to 0
setting unmaskirq to 1 (on)
setting using_dma to 1 (on)
setting xfermode to 66 (UltraDMA mode2)
IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit)
unmaskirq = 1 (on)
using_dma = 1 (on)
firewall and end of local
line 82 ok
cups: started scheduler.
########################### end of output################
signed stumped but not out (cricket joke)
