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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!usc!sdd.hp.com!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!lemson
  3. From: lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson)
  4. Subject: Re: missing printer socket
  5. Message-ID: <BtEqM6.MuK@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
  6. Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
  7. References: <QeZNZDO00WA7AYCeZ5@andrew.cmu.edu>
  8. Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 23:01:03 GMT
  9. Lines: 17
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  11. da0g+@andrew.cmu.edu (David Apfelbaum) writes:
  12.  
  13. >Someone please correct me if I'm wrong....
  14.  
  15.  
  16. >Shouldn't "/etc/MAKEDEV std" make the printer device?   (Along with the
  17. >other standard devices?)
  18.  
  19.  
  20. If you're talking about /dev/printer, it's created by lpd when it
  21. starts up.  Notice that /dev/printer is deleted in /etc/rc at each
  22. reboot.
  23. -- 
  24. David Lemson                                                 (217) 244-1205
  25. University of Illinois NeXT Campus Consultant  / CCSO NeXT Lab System Admin
  26. Internet : lemson@uiuc.edu                 UUCP :...!uiucuxc!uiucux1!lemson 
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