From: Jan Willem Hubbers (jwhub@sci.kun.nl)
Date: 04/15/93


From: jwhub@sci.kun.nl (Jan Willem Hubbers)
Subject: Re: Tutorial for setting up lpr/lpd?????
Date: 15 Apr 1993 15:49:49 GMT

In <s_fuller.734848208@vincent2.iastate.edu> s_fuller@iastate.edu (Steve Fuller) writes:

>Does someone out there have a really easy step by step tutorial
>on what to do to set up the line printer daemon and ALL
>associated files in order to get lpr to work??? Any and all leads
>appreciated.

This works for me (SLS 1.0 with 0.99.6 kernel):
find lpr, lpd, lpc and lprm (some appear in 2 directories):
chown root lpr lprm lpd lpc
chmod 4755 lpr lprm lpd lpc
chmod 0660 /usr/spool/lp1
chown daemon.daemon /usr/spool/lp1

And make sure you start lpd somewhere (/etc/rc.local is a nice place).

>I am also looking for a etc/printcap entry for a Xerox 4045 laser
>printer. I have a Diablo entry for it, but a native 4045 entry
>would be oh so much nicer. :)

>Thanks for the help

>KEEP UP THE WORK LINUS!!!!!!!!!!
            ^ great

>Steve

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