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- From: jbvb@FTP.COM ("James B. Van Bokkelen")
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
- Subject: Re: lpr on ISC 3.2 & PCTCP 2.05
- Message-ID: <9208251319.AA21853@ftp.com>
- Date: 25 Aug 92 13:19:35 GMT
- Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
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- .... I have to insert my workstation name in the file 'hosts.lpd' which
- I did. I tried with the name 'PC2' or with the complete domain
- 'PC2.syner.net' or even with the IP... no go.
-
- We mention "/etc/hosts.lpd" in our manuals because many 4bsd-derived systems
- use that file. No guarantee your ISC does unless their manual says so. I've
- seen other systems that required all LPR clients to be in "/etc/hosts.equiv",
- but I can't recommend that for routine operations.
-
- Another point is that the entry in /etc/hosts.lpd has to exactly match
- (case included) the "canonical" name (the first one on the line after
- the IP address) in /etc/hosts (same as a ".rhosts" file). I've no
- idea if the match becomes case-insensitive if you build your Unix
- daemons to use DNS instead of the host table...
-
- I tried to configure /etc/printcap in this other way:
-
- lp|TI laser:\
- :lp=:rm=isc1:rp=lp:sd=/usr/spool/lpd/lp:
-
- isc1.syner.net being my UNIX server.
-
- If I recall printcap syntax correctly, you're telling it that the server is
- on "isc1", so it will try to open a TCP connection, even though it is on the
- same host. Seems to me this *ought* to work, so maybe you aren't starting
- your daemons correctly. Still, this isn't the way I've seen it done when
- the printer is directly attached.
-
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