Hi, Ted.
I try to keep these discussions on the lists, not private. I don't recall
where we encountered each other, though, so I apologize if I've chosen the
wrong list to add back in via the Cc header.
At 01:55 PM 5/30/00 -0300, you wrote:
>
>Ray..
>We talked about this the other day. I just need to know a couple of
>things.
>
>I can print just fine using 'pr file_name > /dev/lp0'.
>Away it goes. Just as slick as one would want.
>
>Now, it seems to me that I should be able to print using 'lpr'. Shouldn't
>I? And if people 'normally' print using that command/file, then why can't
>I do that?
>
>This is what lpr looks like in the /usr/bin directory:
>
>-rwxr-x--x 1 ve1drg lp 14240 Apr 5 1999 lpr*
>-r-s--s--x 1 root lp 13184 Apr 5 1999 lprm*
The ownership of lpr is unusual, but since /dev/lp0 is mode 666, that
shouldn't be a problem. It might present a problem accessing the
/var/spool/whatever directories it needs to use. My lpr is owned by root and
has both the suid and sgid bits set.
>And this is what the lp files look like in /dev/:
>
>ve1drg:/dev# ls lp* -al
>crw-rw-rw- 1 ve1drg daemon 6, 0 Apr 27 1995 lp0
>crw-rw---- 1 root daemon 6, 1 Apr 27 1995 lp1
>crw-rw---- 1 root daemon 6, 2 Apr 27 1995 lp2
>ve1drg:/dev#
Again, the ownership of lp0 is unusual.
>And finally, here is the daemons , in /usr/sbin:
>
>ve1drg:/usr/sbin# ls lp* -al
>-r-xr-s--x 1 root lp 21976 Apr 5 1999 lpc*
>-rwxr--r-- 1 ve1drg lp 41836 Apr 5 1999 lpd*
>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root lp 4784 Apr 5 1999 lpf*
>-r-x------ 1 root lp 3168 Apr 5 1999 lptest*
>ve1drg:/usr/sbin#
>
>
>>From what I have listed - is it possible to get the printer to work
>with those files? Or are the permissions wrong etc..
I'm not sure if they are wrong. I am sure that some of them don't match
mine. I have lpd as mode 755. I don't have an "lptest".
>And this is all I have in my /etc/printcap file for the printer:
>
>#
>lp|Generic dot-matrix printer entry:\
> :lp=/dev/lp0:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lp0/lp:sh:\
> :if=/usr/bin/lpf:\
> :df=/var/spool/lp0/filter.ps:\
> :tf=/var/spool/lp0/filter.ps:\
> :af=/var/spool/lp0/lp-acct:\
> :lf=/var/spool/lp0/lp-err:
>
>
>Any thoughts would be appreciated..
The main question is: if you try to print, what happens?
Troubleshooting in response to an error message is a lot easier than reading
through a lot of stuff to see if it is all correct.
Subsidiary questions: What actual printer do you have? What (exactly) is
/usr/bin/lpf? What are the ownership and permissions of /var/spool/lp0 and
/var/spool/lp0/lp ? And BTW, what Linux distribution are we talking about?
------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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