> hosts.lpd is the file which controls lpd remote permissions same as the
> rhosts etc...
Yes, I've done that. I assume it is the same format as hosts.allow/deny? But
even so, doesn't it seem a bit odd that the syslog would contain an error
from lpd that:
> > Dec 30 14:25:19 opus lpd[22620]: unknown printer /dev/lp0
> > Dec 30 14:29:35 opus lpd[22633]: unknown printer /dev/lp0
When that same device is being used without problem by the host machine?
> On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Darrell Burkey wrote:
>
> > After hours of reading every faq and scouring every newsgroup and web
site I
> > could think of I can't find help on what I would assume if a fairly easy
> > question.
> >
> > I have two Redhat 6.0 installations here that are networked together. I
> > simply want to print from one to the other that has a printer on it.
When I
> > print from the client machine the job just sits in the local print
queue.
> > lpq shows the status of the job and has the message "waiting for queue
to be
> > enabled on opus". lpq on opus shows the queue enabled so I'm a bit
confused.
> >
> > Here's the printcap of the client machine:
> >
> > lp:\
> > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> > :mx#0:\
> > :sh:\
> > :rm=opus:\
> > :rp=lp:\
> > :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:
> >
> > and I have the client machine listed in hosts.allow on the server. I
even
> > got desperate and created a hosts.lpd and hosts.equiv file with the
client
> > machine listed.
> >
> > Then I started lpd up with logging to watch what happens when the client
> > machine attempts to send a print job. An error is generated by lpd,
> > "unknown printer /dev/lp0" which seems odd as the printcap file on the
> > server (on which printing works fine) uses this definition:
> >
> > lp:\
> > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> > :mx#0:\
> > :sh:\
> > :lp=/dev/lp0:\
> > :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:
> >
> > How can /dev/lp0 work on the server but generate an error from lpd when
> > started from a remote client?
> >
> > Here's some output from the system log generated when I printed from the
> > remote client machine and then from the server with the printer
attached:
> >
> > Dec 30 14:25:19 opus lpd[22620]: unknown printer /dev/lp0
> > Dec 30 14:29:35 opus lpd[22633]: unknown printer /dev/lp0
> > Dec 30 14:30:06 opus kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x278 [SPP,PS2]
> > Dec 30 14:30:06 opus kernel: parport0: no IEEE-1284 device present.
> > Dec 30 14:30:06 opus kernel: lp0: using parport0 (polling).
> >
> > Confused as usual, help appreciated.
> >
> > Cheers and happy holidays.
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Darrell Burkey
> > http://www.tucan.net/darrell
> > 0408 622 647
> >
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