Having just downloaded and built LPRng-3.6.22, I have come across a
strange problem. I can't print from a print server with the same
lpd.conf and lpd.perms that I used with 3.6.21. I get the following
error:
b120b: Read_write_timeout: readfd 3 closed
The command line is simply
lpr -Pprinter_name file_name
However, if I use
lpr -Pprinter_name@localhost file_name
everything works out fine. My printcap entry is as follows:
printer_name|PRINTER_NAME:tc=.printer-ip
printer_name|PRINTER_NAME:client:lpr_bounce:lp=printer_name@localhost
printer_name|PRINTER_NAME:server:ab:bs=/usr/local/bin/pclbanner:if=/usr/local/etc/filters/ifhp:of=/usr/local/etc/filters/ofhp:lp=ip.of.printer%9100
.printer-ip:\
sd=/var/spool/lpd/%P:\
chooser=/usr/local/eprint/bin/poll_printer.pl:\
connect_grace=10:\
network_connect_grace=10
However, it also happens with a printer with this printcap:
printer_name|PRINTER_NAME:client:lpr_bounce:lp=printer_name@localhost
printer_name|PRINTER_NAME:ab:bs=/usr/local/bin/lpbanner:server:tc=.printer
.printer:\
lp=/var/spool/lpd/%P/null:\
sd=/var/spool/lpd/%P:\
if=/usr/local/etc/filters/ifmpap:\
of=/usr/local/etc/filters/ofmpap:\
connect_grace=10:\
chooser=/usr/local/eprint/bin/poll_printer.pl
force_localhost defaults to ON in the lpd.conf file (and I've also tried
turning it on explicitly), and LPRng was built with the following,
fairly straightforward configuration:
./configure --with-filterdir=/usr/local/bin
--with-printcap_path=/etc/printcap:/etc/printcap.server
--sbindir=/usr/local/bin
Printing from another machine works out just fine (though I am running
an older version of LPRng on that those boxes). Any ideas? Anyone?
Patrick?
--
Bill Knox
Senior Operating Systems Programmer/Analyst
The MITRE Corporation
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