The documentation is wrong. YOU MUST HAVE A PRINTCAP FILE.
This is due to problems with NFS mounts and other insanities of &*()()&* users. I fixed up the printcap.5 entry. > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Feb 26 02:38:53 2002 > Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 09:37:39 +0000 > From: Tim Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: LPRng: printcap_path not behaving as documented > > > --V8Y3+xXnhQGsvjWT > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > > Hi, > > Is this piece of documentation (from lpd.conf(5)) supposed to be > correct?: > > printcap_path > (default: "etc/printcap:/usr/etc/print- > cap:/var/spool/lpd/printcap.%h") The location of > the printcap database information. If a file or > filter does not exist, it is skipped. All valid > entries in these files will be used. See PRINTCAP > LOOKUP for details. > > Patrick, I'd sent you a patch to make LPRng match this behaviour, but > it seems to have been dropped and no longer applies. Should I redo > the patch, or is the documentation wrong? > > Tim. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
