[2564] 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 14:37:46 1999
To: Karl Ramm <kcr@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 10 Feb 1999 14:36:41 -0500
In-Reply-To: Karl Ramm's message of 10 Feb 1999 14:29:28 -0500
Oh, right.. /usr/athena/bin/lpr doesn't require lpd to be running.
That's not the case for /usr/bin/lpr which wont work without lpd, even
for remote printers.
Although someone should verify this.
-derek
Karl Ramm <kcr@MIT.EDU> writes:
>
> Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU> writes:
> > I'm wondering if we want to turn lpd on by default in rc.conf?
> >
> > -derek
>
> The 99% case is that people won't need it, which means it'd be just another
> security hole waiting to happen.
>
> kcr
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