> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 18 09:10:27 2003 > Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 17:05:39 +0100 (MET) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: LPRng: Way too many connects to remote print server > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi, > > I have a bit of a problem and was hoping someone on the list could give > me some pointers. > > The situation is like this: I have a workstation with Debian GNU/Linux > and lprng 3.8.15-1. The printer is connected to a remote system and my > printcap refers all printjobs to that system (a Solaris8 box). Nothing > special here. > > As a matter of fact the printing itself is just fine, but when I look at > the logs of the printserver I see that my system tries to connect to it > just about once a second. > > By default all lines in my /etc/lprng/lpd.conf are commented out. > However I tried several settings after reading TFM, but nothing I tried > made it stop. I am sure I must be overlooking something simple, but > what? > > Here's a small sample of the lines the remote syslog: > > Sep 6 16:20:29 sanders in.lpd[20166]: [ID 927837 mail.info] connect from system.org > Sep 6 16:20:29 sanders in.lpd[20167]: [ID 927837 mail.info] connect from system.org > Sep 6 16:20:29 sanders in.lpd[20168]: [ID 927837 mail.info] connect from system.org > Sep 6 16:20:30 sanders in.lpd[20169]: [ID 927837 mail.info] connect from system.org > Sep 6 16:20:31 sanders in.lpd[20171]: [ID 927837 mail.info] connect from system.org > Sep 6 16:20:33 sanders in.lpd[20172]: [ID 927837 mail.info] connect from system.org > Sep 6 16:20:34 sanders in.lpd[20173]: [ID 927837 mail.info] connect from system.org > Sep 6 16:20:34 sanders in.lpd[20174]: [ID 927837 mail.info] connect from system.org
You have one of those playful 'what is the status' programs running. sigh... They open a connection, send a query, and then close a connection. Just for fun, try sending 200 SNMP queries to an HP1550 (or was it an HP1500?). Poor thing just sat there telling the world 'busy'. Patrick ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
