Hello all,

I'm setting up LPRng to replace our custom printer environment.

One of the goals is that client machines don't need to know about
printers -- syncing printcap would be pain.

To circumvent this, I've tried to use wildcard printcap in them:
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*:lp=%P@lpd
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Seems simple.  And this works if people use something like 'lpq
-Pprinter'.

However, if they want to list all printers using 'lpq -a', evil stuff
happens:

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printer '*' has illegal character at '*' in name
---

However, as a workaround,  'lpq -Pall' works.  This isn't the same thing
though.  

Is there a way to get 'lpq -a' to work properly?  

Any suggestions for a dummy, forwarding client box printcap?


I don't want to run lpd on client systems, btw.

-- 
Pekka Savola                    "Tell me of difficulties surmounted, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]          not those you stumble over and fall"


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