Hello, I found part of the problem. I added my brothers' computer to /etc/hosts.lpd and it gave them access. However I have another problem. After they print a message is sent by the lpd on my server back to the user account on their machine. The message says: "Your printer job ((stdin)) was not printed because it was not linked to the original file." The job did print, but what do I need to modify in order to stop that error message from being mailed.
later, joseph On Wed, 02 Feb 2000, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > Symbolic links work fine across separate filesystems, NFS or otherwise. Hard > links > cannot be made to files outside the filesystem where the file linked to > resides. I > would guess rather that the link failure refers to an inability to connect > (or a > connection which terminates). Look at the lpd man page to see how access is > controlled > to the printer. Perhaps try telneting to port 515 on the machine to see if > you get > connected. > > "Joseph A. Martin" wrote: > > > Hello, > > I have a system set up for my family that is networked with > > the rest of my systems. I want their machine to be able to print to my > > machine. I have lprng installed on their system and a printcap entry > > setup. This printcap entry works for network printing from my laptop > > also running lprng. However, when I try to print from their machine > > lpq shows status as "Link failure when sending j". > > I have a suspicion as to the cause of the error. I seem to > > remember that lpr will create a link from the real file to a file in > > the spool directory. BUT their home directory is NFS mounted from my > > server. IIRC links don't work across disparate file systems. How can I > > tell lprng to copy the file rather than create a link? Am I off > > balance in my analysis here? > > > > later, > > joseph > > -- > > the "LaterDude" > > ICQ: 52640402 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.ice-works.com/personal/LaterDude/ > > > > All opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily those of > > my employer unless otherwise noted. > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- > Jens B. Jorgensen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- the "LaterDude" ICQ: 52640402 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ice-works.com/personal/LaterDude/ All opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily those of my employer unless otherwise noted.