I don't see anything in this email that would indicate that this is an issue for the Cygwin/XFree project.
I think you're sending to the wrong mailing list. cgf On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 10:45:00PM +0100, Bernard Revet wrote: >Dear Cygwinnies >I am trying to install LPRng program in Cygwin-Xfree under Windows NT. >It is not an easy task but I understand that the complexity of >Microsoft Windows does not help. >I followed most of the indications to have LPRng installed but I was >stopped by the owner rules >when I tried checkpc in order to get the corrrect seteuid I got the >following >SYSTEM @MICRO >/usr/local/sbin/checkpc -V -f >micro seteuid_wrapper: seteuid() failed !! Not owner >micro is the name of the machine >I need to print from micro on a remote postscript machine which is >shared and available on micro >I compiled LPRng as indicated after installation all commands are set to >Admin and group none. >I have in /etc/passwd and /etc/group the two following lines respectively > >daemon:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1:1:U-MICRO\daemon,S-1-5-21-1711220169-380859561-925700815-1001:/home/daemon:/bin/bash >daemon:S-1-5-32-545:1 > >When I configure LPRng with the various uid possibilities. I always end >with files belonging to Administ and group none. >If I do lpstat I get Printer 'HPLaserJ@localhost' -cannot open >connection - Connection refused Make sure the remote host supports the >LPD protocol. >and accepts connections from this port and from nonprivileged port >. >I can print from MICRO on this remote printer. under Windows NT > >I would appreciate some help to circumvent the system problem and be >able to print from a cygwin-Xfree window. >I installed Ghostscript and Ghostview as they both have printing >possibilities. These 2 programs are running fine but without printing > >Best regards >Yours >Bernard > > > > > > > -- Please do not send me personal email with cygwin questions. Use the resources at http://cygwin.com/ .
