[2554] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: comment and questions about the current 'comps' file for 5.2
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Wed Feb 10 09:21:39 1999
To: Jacob Strauss <jastr@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 10 Feb 1999 09:20:40 -0500
In-Reply-To: Jacob Strauss's message of Tue, 09 Feb 1999 22:01:53 EST
No. I don't think anyone ever tested /usr/athena/etc/lpd, so I'm
not at all surprised that it doesn't work. I don't know why it
doesn't work, but that's a completely different question.
I can only assume that you killed /usr/sbin/lpd before you started
/srvd/usr/athena/etc/lpd, right?
-derek
Jacob Strauss <jastr@MIT.EDU> writes:
>
> >Ah.. We don't ship /usr/athena/etc/lpd. Jacob, feel like trying
> >/srvd/usr/athena/etc/lpd and seeing if that works with local printers?
>
> /srvd/usr/athena/etc/lpd doesn't seem to be happy. it starts
> up and exists immediately (without error) without doing anything
> useful. The manpage for /usr/sbin/lpd claims that I shouldn't have to
> worry about lockfiles if I kill lpd and restart it, which
> /usr/sbin/lpd follows... Am I forgetting something?
>
> -Jacob
>
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