> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Sep 12 08:29:52 2000 > Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 17:31:52 +0300 (EEST) > From: Pekka Savola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: LPRng: Clients w/ dummy wildcard printcap, lpq -a fails > > 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: > > --- > 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" This seems to be fixed in the current release. I am puzzled. Which version are you using? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
