Well, I figured it out and want to share my success! It turns out that on RH8.0, the default in /etc/lpd.perms is # allow local job submissions only REJECT SERVICE=X NOT SERVER
Bingo! comment out the above line, restart lpd on all systems and there you are. Thanks for all the pointers everyone, they helped me in my research. --- Susan Macchia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes I am using LPRng. I looked at /etc/lpd.perms and DEFAULT ACCEPT is the > last line. I looked on the RH website and read everything I could and have > added /etc/hosts.lpd to list all of the hosts that will print. Restarted lpd > on all systems, and still the same "no connect permissions". I just can't > figure out what is going on. I may try rlpr as a work around (if that will > even work). > > I've compared my configuration with the one at work and they are just about > identical, so I am pretty much stumped. > > Anyway, my husband and son are getting quite annoyed with me because they > always have to ask me to get something printed from one of the other > machines...They keep asking, "When are you going to fix printing?". > > Sigh > > > Joel Hammer wrote: > > Are you using LPRng? If so, have you looked at /etc/lpd.perms? > > Here is all I have in mind: > > DEFAULT ACCEPT > > Joel > > > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 04:05:22AM -0800, Susan Macchia wrote: > > > Ok, so I tried removing the filter on strider (remember gandalf has the > > > printer, strider is a client trying to print to gandalf's printer; both > run > RH > > > 8.0). And I still see the same result. > > > > > > The printcap now looks like: > > > > > > lp:\ > > > :ml#0:\ > > > :mx#0:\ > > > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ > > > :af=/var/spool/lpd/lp/lp.acct:\ > > > :sh:\ > > > :rm=gandalf.smacchia.net:\ > > > :rp=lp: > > > > > > And when I do an lpq after trying to print, I see: > > > > > > Printer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (dest [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > Queue: no printable jobs in queue > > > Server: no server active > > > Status: keeping error job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' at 06:59:33.063 > > > Rank Owner/ID Class Job Files Size > Time > > > error [EMAIL PROTECTED] A 29 ERROR: job removal requested > > > no connect permissions > > > > > > > > > Neither machine has a firewall and telnet, rsh, rlogin services are > available > > > on gandalf. > > > > > > Any help here is much appreciated. > > > > > > Joel Hammer wrote: > > > > I would wonder if you are trying to filter the job twice, once on the > client > > > > and once on the server. > > > > I don't know which printing software you are using. LPRng has lpd.perms > > > > which controls who can and cannot access the printing software. > > > > Joel > > ===== > _____________________________ > Susan Macchia > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > _____________________________ > > - Running Linux - because life is too short for reboots... > ===== _____________________________ Susan Macchia mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________ - Running Linux - because life is too short for reboots... _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
