From: jmk@kksys.com (Jim Kaufman) Subject: Re: lpr, lpd (the thread that wouldn't die) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1993 21:24:11 GMT
Just so this thread regarding lpr, lpd etc. doesn't die a natural death,
I want to throw in my 2 cents worth.
1) I can spool up print jobs which are then printed by the lpd daemon
as root only. Note that I have a symlink for printcap in /etc to
/usr/etc/printcap. I do not have a link for lpd. It works fine being
in /usr/etc. Nor did I have an entry in usr/etc/inet or /usr/etc/net/
services.
2) Since I get an error running lpr as non-root (cannot chown to /usr/spool/
/lp0/tfa..., I thought I'd try the suggestions posted by Bob Ribbeck
(bribbeck@exucom.com) [I won't repeat them here.]
3) The bottom line is they didn't work for me. I still can print as root,
but non-privileged users get the unable to chown message from lpr.
For those who have Bob's post (or Bob himself), I checked that I had
*everything* set up as shown by him. I am curious as to what's happenin?
I am running SLS 0.98 pl5.
JMK
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James M. Kaufman, Digital Biometrics, Inc. "Electronic Fingerprinting Systems"
Better living through electronics jmk@kksys.mn.org