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- From: nelson@nextwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Randy J. Nelson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
- Subject: Re: How do I activate printer accounting/logging
- Message-ID: <1e9gbiINNdv@master.cs.rose-hulman.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 01:02:42 GMT
- References: <1992Nov6.161654.10945@menudo.uh.edu>
- Reply-To: nelson@nextwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Randy J. Nelson)
- Organization: Computer Science Department at Rose-Hulman
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- In article <1992Nov6.161654.10945@menudo.uh.edu> sears@tree.egr.uh.edu
- (Paul S. Sears) writes:
- > In article <9182@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> writes:
- > =>How do I activate printer accounting or usage logging by user?
- > =>I am running on NeXT 2.0.
- >
- > (This applies for both NS3.0 and NS2.x)
- >
- > Add an entry in your printcap for the printer you want to log
- >
- > af=/dir/where/you/want/to/log/printing/usage
- >
- > For example, here is a printcap entry for one of our printers (third
- line of
- > entry contains the af field):
- >
- > ME_LaserWriter: \
- > :note=ME LaserWriter II NT:ty=Apple LaserWriter II NT: \
- >
- :sd=/usr/spool/NeXT/ME_LaserWriter:sharedTo=/:sharedAs=N230_D_LW: \
- >
- :lp=/dev/null:lf=/usr/adm/lpd-errs:af=/usr/adm/lp.acct:br=9600:rw: \
- > :fc#0000374:fs#0000003:xc#0:xs#0040040:mx#0:sf:sb: \
- > :if=/usr/local/cap/bin/N230_D_LW:of=/usr/lib/transcript/psof: \
- > :gf=/usr/lib/transcript/psgf:nf=/usr/lib/transcript/psnf: \
- > :tf=/usr/lib/transcript/pstf:rf=/usr/lib/transcript/psrf: \
- > :vf=/usr/lib/transcript/psvf:cf=/usr/lib/transcript/pscf: \
- > :df=/usr/lib/transcript/psdf:
- >
- > The accounting info for this printer is sent to /usr/adm/lp.acct.
- >
- > To determine usage on a per user basis, use
- >
- > /usr/etc/pac -m -Pprinter_name
- >
- > This will be at the default $0.02/page. Check the man pages for
- printcap and
- > pac.
- >
- > --
- > Paul S. Sears * sears@uh.edu (NeXT Mail OK)
- > The University of Houston * suggestions@tree.egr.uh.edu (NeXT
- > Engineering Computing Center * comments, complaints, questions)
- > NeXT System Administration * DoD#1967 '83 NightHawk 650SC
- > >>> SSI Diving Certification #755020059 <<<
- > "Programming is like sex: One mistake and you support it a lifetime."
-
-
- Also, you must "touch" the file. If the file doen't exist, accounting
- will not be done. i.e The following was done to make the above entry
- work.
-
- touch /usr/adm/lp.acct
-
- --
- -Randy Nelson
- Workstation Support Manager
- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
- Email: Randy.Nelson@Rose-Hulman.Edu
-
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