Network printing problem

[Joel Hammer]

Are you using LPRng? If so, have you looked at /etc/lpd.perms?
Here is all I have in mind:
DEFAULT ACCEPT
Joel

On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 04:05:22AM -0800, Susan Macchia wrote:
> Ok, so I tried removing the filter on strider (remember gandalf has the
> printer, strider is a client trying to print to gandalf's printer; both run RH
> 8.0).  And I still see the same result.
> 
> The printcap now looks like:
> 
> lp:\
>         :ml#0:\
>         :mx#0:\
>         :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
>         :af=/var/spool/lpd/lp/lp.acct:\
>         :sh:\
>         :rm=gandalf.smacchia.net:\
>         :rp=lp:
> 
> And when I do an lpq after trying to print, I see:
> 
> Printer: lp at strider (dest lp at gandalf.smacchia.net)
>  Queue: no printable jobs in queue
>  Server: no server active
>  Status: keeping error job 'root at strider+29' at 06:59:33.063
>  Rank   Owner/ID                  Class Job Files                 Size Time
> error  root at strider+29              A    29 ERROR: job removal requested
> no connect permissions
> 
> 
> Neither machine has a firewall and telnet, rsh, rlogin services are available
> on gandalf.
> 
> Any help here is much appreciated.
> 
> Joel Hammer wrote:
> > I would wonder if you are trying to filter the job twice, once on the client
> > and once on the server.
> > I don't know which printing software you are using. LPRng has lpd.perms
> > which controls who can and cannot access the printing software.
> > Joel
> 
> 
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