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Patrick Powell Astart Technologies, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9475 Chesapeake Drive, Suite D, Network and System San Diego, CA 92123 Consulting 858-874-6543 FAX 858-279-8424 LPRng - Print Spooler (http://www.lprng.com) -------------------------- The problem is that to meet 'strict' RFC1179 requirements, you need to originate connections from a 'privileged' port... originally 721-731 in the RFC1179, but in practice 1-1023. Clearly this is bogus when you have a large number of jobs to send. So LPRng relaxes this: you can originate connections from ANY port and unless you REQUIRE them to originate from a privileged port it will accept them. Unfortunately, most Solaris LPD servers and JetDirect cards require the originate from a protected port. You can accomplish this using one of the following two methods: a) install your LPRng clients NON-SETUID: ./configure --disable-setuid ... b) in the printcap entries, use: .client:force_localhost:originate_port=0:mx=0:mc=0 .server:sd=/var/spool/lpd/%P:mx=0:mc=0 lp:tc=.client:lp=queue@server lp:tc=.server:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Either way this is a &*())(*& pain. Patrick > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Dec 13 22:39:07 2001 > From: "Hansen, Kenn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: LPRng on a Sun Solaris is not reusing sockets port numbers ... We > are loosing printjobs .. > Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 17:39:23 +1100 > > Hi .. > > When printing large number of (small) printjobs we loose printjobs !!. > > I have problems configuring our Sun computer / LPRng to reuse the port > numbers. ( At leasts that's what I belive is the problem. But ?? ) > > If You have any idea's please let me know. > I have read the webpages and have followed the recomendations .. but .... > whatever I try to change seem to be ignored !!. > > Ex: > Say printing 800 printjobs to printer "comp" results in > 508 queued printjobs and the rest "lost" with the error messages: > > netstat displays a large numbers of TIME_WAIT connections. > > comp: getconnection: cannot bind to port - Address already in use > Status Information: > sending job 'kennbh@casper+694' to comp@localhost > connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1 > cannot open connection to localhost - Address already in use > Make sure the remote host supports the LPD protocol > comp: getconnection: cannot bind to port - Address already in use > > System info: > lpd running as user daemon: > daemon 23742 1 0 17:05:12 ? 0:00 lpd -D3 > > lpd.conf: > # default originate_port=513 1023 (STRING) > # default retry_nolink@ (FLAG on) > # default reuse_addr (FLAG on) > # default retry_econnrefused (FLAG on) > > LPRng-3.8.1, Copyright 1988-2001 Patrick Powell, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > SunOS casper 5.8 Generic_108528-12 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R > > > TCP_TIMEWAIT is current set to 10 min. We are going to change the values to > 1 min. > > > Regards > Kenn Hansen > Mayne Health > > > > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the system manager. > > This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by > MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. > > www.mimesweeper.com > ********************************************************************** > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. 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