> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Apr 30 11:45:16 2002 > Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 22:44:05 -0300 (BRT) > From: "Leonardo C. Filho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: LPRng: Netware (lpr_gwy) + LPRng > > Hi List, > > I've got a really weird problem here. My printing scenario looks > like this: > > ------------------ > | Win98 Desktops | ----------------------- ---------------------- > | w/ Netware | -> | Netware Print Queues| -> | Unix (lpd or lprng)| > | Client | | using lpr_gwy | ---------------------- > -----------------| ----------------------| | > | > V > Printers > > * The jobs must pass through the netware queue since I get the usernames > there. > * I'm using lpd or lprng w/ filters for accounting, so I can send or not > the jobs to the printer, based on quotas by user. > > Using the vintage berkeley lpd, problems like sending the jobs to the > wrong queue or printer happens every day, so I switched to lprng, > which solved those annoying bugs. > Everything was perfect, till the first netware server abend. The problem > was in lpr_gwy, which didn't give me diagnostic messages :/ > The abends occurred in an asyncronous way. So, tired of rebooting the > server, I switched again to berkeley lpd. > > Using lpd I'm seeing some messages on the netware console, like this: > "Job number 3cdf4x to host my.print.server for printer hp-111 will > not be sent. > Reason: FILE ____ is of ZERO lenght" > > With LPRng, instead of this message I was getting an abend of the module. > Well, think that's all I can forward to you. > > Thanks in advance, > Leonardo
I am puzzled. You say that the 'lpr_gwy' program is dying? And that it is getting a '0 length file'? But WHY is it trying to send a 0 length file? I suspect you have a Novell problem here, and that the symptom is when LPRng sends a 'Sorry, do not accept 0 length jobs' error back to the Novell gateway that the Novell gateway dies. You should contact Novell and get the latest release of the lpr_gwy that does not have these problems. Patrick 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) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
