On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, CPT KIDD wrote:
> 2 bugs (or hinderences) when setting up remote lp!!
>
> 1) Printtool SHOULD recommend to setup a hosts.lpd or hosts.equiv file on the
> linux machine with the printer!!!!
>
> 2) When setting up/specifying the printer on the remote computer, you only
> need to enter the "printer name" and not the whole string as, "/var/spool/lp".
> Instead, just "lp" will surfice!!!
>
> Please address these issues to help newbies configure this stuff easier. Thanx!
If newbies are going to configure stuff it would be best not to even
mention hosts.equiv....this may even be a good opportunity to warn against
the use of hosts.equiv in any circumstance. I do agree with hosts.lpd,
maybe it can be implemented as "Allow these hosts access to your
printer:"
-dwild
