From: Visser RL (visser@cs.vu.nl)
Date: 08/02/93


From: visser@cs.vu.nl (Visser RL)
Subject: Re: Can't get lpd daemon to start??!!
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1993 10:09:37 GMT

rky57514@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Tall Cool One ) writes:

>I've read the faqs and I still can't seem to get lpd to startup.. lpr and lpq
>work fine. I set the permissions/ownership like the faq specified. When I run
>it, but /etc/lpd &, All I get is the process ID, which means it died. I've

No the process ID means it's running.
Lpd places itself in the background,so the & is not needed here.

>tried to start it up a few times, but it refuses to work.. Anyone have a suggestion?Thanks.!

Check your /etc/printcap to see if the printer programs use the right
printer.

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Good luck,
  Ron Visser.