Pekka Savola wrote: > > 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: > --- > *:lp=%P@lpd > --- > 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: Strange? It works for me with LPRng-3.6.24. What version of LPRng are you using? Can you post the server's printcap db as well? > > --- > printer '*' has illegal character at '*' in name > --- > > However, as a workaround, 'lpq -Pall' works. This isn't the same thing > though. I think it should be as long as no queue with that name exists. > > 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. > BR /Johan ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
