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- From: popelka@odysseus.uchicago.edu (Glenn Popelka)
- Subject: Re: /dev/printer
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.172253.24705@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
- Organization: University of Chicago LASR
- References: <1992Nov20.184626.157@mvax.uakom.cs> <1992Nov21.212241.9186@lut.ac.uk> <1992Nov22.100925.4435@ukw.uucp>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 17:22:53 GMT
- Lines: 24
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- lupe@ukw.uucp (Lupe Christoph) writes:
-
- >Don't create /dev/printer! This is the name of Unix domain socket
- >the line printer daemon uses. If it is not there, lpd doesn't
- >start OK.
-
- If you've installed Patch-ID# 100305-10 (lpd can be used to delete
- any file on the system, SunOS 4.1 4.1.1 4.1.2 4.1.3), your
- startup in /etc/rc would look like
-
-
- if [ -f /usr/lib/lpd ]; then
- rm -f /dev/lpd/printer /var/spool/lpd.lock
- ^^^^
- NEW
- /usr/lib/lpd; echo -n ' printer'
- fi
-
-
- This looked like a good patch to install. /dev/printer is now a
- link to /dev/lpd/printer.
-
-
- glenn
-