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Re: remote printing

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sunando Sen)
Tue Oct 29 14:20:31 1996

Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 12:10:52 -0500 (EST)
From: Sunando Sen <sunando@nycc.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <199610290228.VAA04150@chaos>
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On Mon, 28 Oct 1996, Sheldon E. Newhouse wrote:

> I have been trying to remote print from one linux box to another.
> 
> printcap in first linux box:
> 
> lp:\
>         :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
>         :rm=elsie:\
>         :rp=lp:\
>         :lp=/dev/null:\
>         :sh:
> 
> 
> printcap in second box (elsie)
> 
> lp:\
>         :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
>         :mx#0:\
>         :lp=/dev/lp1:\
>         :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:
> 
> 
> I also listed the first machine in both /etc/hosts.lpd and
> /etc/hosts.equiv
> 
> When I try to print from box one to box two, things spool up on box
> one, but never get sent. 
> 
> Here is lpq on box one:
> 
> pokie: waiting for queue to be enabled on elsie
> Rank   Owner      Job  Files                                 Total Size
> 1st    sen1       11   junk                                  68 bytes
> 
> elsie: lpd: lp: Your host does not have line printer access
> 
> 
> So, elsie is not letting pokie (box one) get access.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 

Did you enter the first Linux box's hostname in the second box's
/etc/hosts.lpd? 


Regards,


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