diff -up hplip-1.6.7/hpssd.py.static-alerts-table hplip-1.6.7/hpssd.py

--- hplip-1.6.7/hpssd.py.static-alerts-table	2008-07-29 14:57:04.000000000 +0100

+++ hplip-1.6.7/hpssd.py	2008-07-29 15:22:15.000000000 +0100

@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ from prnt import cups

 # Per user alert settings

 alerts = {}

+for user, cfg in alerts_cfg.iteritems ():

+    entry = {}

+    entry['email-alerts'] = utils.to_bool (cfg.get('email-alerts', 0))

+    entry['email-from-address'] = cfg.get('email-from-address', '')

+    entry['email-to-addresses'] = cfg.get('email-to-addresses', '')

+    alerts[user] = entry

 # Fax temp files

 fax_file = {}

@@ -803,15 +809,10 @@ class hpssd_handler(dispatcher):

         self.out_buffer = buildResultMessage('InjectValueResult', None, result_code)

-    # TODO: Need to load alerts at start-up

     def handle_setalerts(self):

         result_code = ERROR_SUCCESS

-        username = self.fields.get('username', '')

-        alerts[username] = {'email-alerts'       : utils.to_bool(self.fields.get('email-alerts', '0')),

-                            'email-from-address' : self.fields.get('email-from-address', ''),

-                            'email-to-addresses' : self.fields.get('email-to-addresses', ''),

-                           }

+        # Do nothing.  We use the alerts table in /etc/hp/alerts.conf.

         self.out_buffer = buildResultMessage('SetAlertsResult', None, result_code)

--- hplip-2.7.12/base/g.py	2008-08-13 15:20:06 +0400

+++ hplip-2.7.12/base/g.py	2008-08-13 15:21:29 +0400

@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@

 # Config file: directories and ports

 prop.sys_config_file = '/etc/hp/hplip.conf'

 prop.user_dir = os.path.expanduser('~/.hplip')

+prop.alerts_config_file = '/etc/hp/alerts.conf'

 os.umask(0037)

 try:

@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@

 sys_cfg = Config(prop.sys_config_file, True)

 user_cfg = Config(prop.user_config_file)

+alerts_cfg = Config(prop.alerts_config_file)

 # Language settings