Ufff, problem solved !!! Thanks to Allan Black I now understand the whole thing a bit better (hopefully).
Restarting lpd didn't help; but rebooting the machine re-created my lost socket :) The only problem I still have to deal with is to cool down those users who got logged out without warning; but that is my private thing... Again, thanks to all who helped! Rolf -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .